this is to prepare the craft practitioners to convert themselves into innovative designers.

1. Textile design
By
k. Chandran ,TS[P],IIHT
Kannur

2. What is textile design?
Textile design is the process of creating designs
and structures for weaving, knitting, printing, fabric
painting or ornamentation of fabrics.
In practice it is the production of designs for saris,
dress materials, furnishings, carpets and such
textile products.
All beautiful textile products are created first on
paper and then production carried out with help of
different raw materials ,different actions leading
finally to finished product.
Today the professional textile designers use some
form of computer aided design software especially
created for the purpose for saving time and to get
more accuracy.

3. Elements of designs
Lines
Forms and shapes
Colour
Texture

4. lines
Horizontal lines
Vertical lines
Curved lines
Diagonal lines
Thin lines and thick lines
Double lines and parallel lines
Broken lines
Oblique lines
Contour lines

5. Foliage drawing
Flowers and plants can be found in all
shapes, sizes, and colours
To get various shapes and forms
naturally the practice of foliage
drawings will be of help in designing.
Drawing to get desired shapes and
forms from nature by observing
flowers, plants and animals etc: is
termed as foliage drawing

6. Forms and shapes
Natural forms
Geometrical forms
Abstract forms
Conventional forms
calligraphy

7. Pigment theory of colour
Primary colors
RYB
RGB
CMYK

8. COLOUR
Is a visual sensation created out of a
physical stimuli consisting an
observer to an object under the
source of light.
For a textile design the primary
source of attraction and pleasing of
customer is through its colour.

9. Secondary colours
Green
Violet
Orange
It is formed by mixing two primary
colours in required strength in
required hue.

10. Tertiary colours
Beige or cytron
Olive
Brown
It is the result of mixing three primary
colours in different ratios keeping one
primary colour in prodominent.

11. Light theory of colour
Vibgyor
CMYK
RGB
Substractive colour mixing.

12. Colour wheel [chromatic circle]
Yellow
yellow orange
orange
red orange
red
red violet
violet
blue violet
blue
blue green
green
yellow green.

13. Properties of colour
Hue
Value
Saturation
Complementary colours
Split complementary
Triadic colour schemes
Analogous colour schemes
Monochromatic colour schemes
Polychromatic colour schemes
Achromatic colour schemes

14. Attributes of color
Tint-tone-shade
Lightness-darkness
Harmony in colours
Contrast colours
Simultaneous contrast
Warm and cool colours
Juxta posed colours
After image of colours

15. Digital colours
RGB
CMYK

16. DRAWING TEXTILE DESIGNS
Sketch
Working drawing
Motif
Unit figure
Design repeat
Side repeat
Unit repeating design

17. Colour patterning designs
Plain design
Spot design
Stripe design
Cross over pattern
Check design

18. Design bases
Half drop repeat
Diagonal waved line base
Drop reverse design
Balanced design
Ogee base
Diamond base
Turnaround design
All over effect design
Patch work

19. Traditional sarees of india
Baluchari saris
Jamdani sarees
Brocade of surat and varanasi
Tanchoi saris
Jangla saris
Phulkari of panjab
Kasuti of karnataka
Embroidery of kashmir
Pochampalli saris of andhrapradesh
Bandhni or tie and dye sarees
Chanderi sarees
Patola sarees
Ikat saris
Kancheepuram sarees

20. Traditional saris of india
Kurupur sari
Maheswari saris
Gadwal saris
Gharchola saris
Paithani saris
Kota-doria sari

21. Lay out of home furnishing
Bedspread
Bed sheet
Table cover
Pillow cover
Window curtains
Door curtains
Kitchen linens
Carpets

22. Album preparations
Prepare design album for readymades and made-ups.
Prepare album for traditional sarees
by collection of photos ,figures,
designs ,reports and samples.

23. Design projects and portfolios
Saree
Dothy
Dress materials
Shirtings
Madeups.

24. The design process
Trend research
AOIL
Designing
Patterning
Product rendering
finishing