GOVERNMENT OF THE PUNJAB

TECHNICAL EDUCATION & VOCATIONAL

TRAINING AUTHORITY

CURRICULUM
CURRICULUMFOR
FOR

Textile Design
(6 – Months Course)

CURRICULUM SECTION
ACADEMICS DEPARTMENT
96-H, GULBERG-II, LAHORE
Ph # 042-9263055-9, 9263064
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TRAINING OBJECTIVES:

 To make students understand the importance of textile design in local

market.

 To aware them with the basic design development process.

 To give them the knowledge about making textile repeats.

 To make them proficient in doing different textile repeats and lay outs of
the designs

 To give the student knowledge that would enable him to get employment
in local industry.

CURRICULUM SALIENT:

Name of the Course : Textile Design

Entry level : Middle.
Duration of course : 6-Months.
Total training hours : 800 hours.
Training hours per week : 40 hours
: 7 Hours per day except
: 5 Hours Friday
Training Methodology : Practical 90%
Theory 10%

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SKILL PROFICIENCY DETAILS: -

On successful completion of this course, the trainee should be able to:-

1. Create his own designs using elements and principles of design.
2. Make different types of textile repeats
3. Render the designs using different media
4. Do tie and dye.
5. Do fabric and silk paint
6. Do stenciling
7. Do batik
8. Do hand embroidery
9. Do Embellishment

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KNOWLEDGE PROFICIENCY DETAILS: -

On successful completion of this course, the trainee should be able to: -

1. Understand the concept of elements and principles of design
2. Understand and implement the process of design development.
3. Know the method of making textile repeats and their importance in textile
industry.
4. Understand the importance of research in creation and implementation of
design.
5. Explain the processes involved in doing different textile techniques.

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CURRICULUM DELIVERY STRUCTURE

Curriculum Co-curricula Final

Revision Total
Delivery Activities Test

W 1-20 21 22-25 26
E
E
26
K

20 1 4 1

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SCHEME OF STUDIES
Textile Design
(6 – Months Course)

Sr. Theory Practical Total

Main Topics
No Hours. Hours Hours

1. Design Development 20 280 300

2. Tie and Dye 40 400 440

3. Fabric & Silk Paint 20 20 40
4. Stenciling - 20 20
5. Batik
6. Hand Embroidery
7. Embellishment
Total 80 720 800

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DETAIL OF COURSE CONTENTS

Domestic Tailoring
(6 – Months Course)

Sr. Theory Practical

Detail of Topics
No Hours Hours
1. Design Development
1.1. Introduction to Elements and Principles of
Design 1 -
1.2. Definition of elements of design
1.2.1. Line 1 4
1.2.2. Shape 1 5
1.2.3. Form 1 5
1.2.4. Color 2
1.2.5. Texture 1
1.2.6. Space
1.2.7. Size 1
1.3. Definition of Principles of design
1.3.1. Balance
1.3.2. Harmony 1 6
1.3.3. Rhythm
1.3.4. Contrast
1.3.5. Emphasis 1
1.4. Creation of theme based design using 2 6
elements and principles of design 2 6
1.4.1. Selection and research on theme 6
1.4.2. Design extraction 6
1.4.3. Create designs using elements and
principles of design
1.4.4. Rendering of design
2. 1.5 Introduction and importance of Textile
repeats
3. 1.5.1 Block repeat

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4. 1.5.2 Mirror repeat

5. 1.5.3 Diamond repeat
6. 1.5.4 Drop repeat
7. 1.5.5 Brick repeat
8. 1.5.6 Lay outs of the designs
9. 1.5.7 Rendering of repeats
1.2. Tie and dye
2.1. Introduction to tie and dye 7
2.2. Instruction of tying the fabric sample
2.2.1. Tying the fabric in different techniques
2.3. Dying the fabric sample
2.3.1. Preparation of dye
2.3.2. Dying the fabric
2.3.3. Un-tying and drying the fabric samples.
3. 3. Fabric & Silk Paint
3.1. Design Creation for fabric and silk painting
3.2. Selection of Fabric
3.3. Introduction to tracing techniques
3.3.1 Tracing through light table
3.3.2 Tracing through punching method
3.3.3 Tracing through carbon paper
3.3. Fabric Painting
3.4. Silk Painting
4. 4. Stenciling
7.1 Creation of Design
7.2 Separation of negative and positive space
7.3 Cutting Stencil
7.4 Printing with stencil

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5. 5. Batik
5.1 creation of design
5.2 tracing the design on fabric using carbon
paper
5.3 printing the design on fabric
5.4 applying Batik on the sample
6. 6. Hand Embroidery
6.1 Introduction to different embroidery stitches
6.2 research on different types of fabrics used
for hand embroidery.
6.3 Fabric swatches for different embroidery
stitches
6.4 creating design for making embroidery
sample.
6.5 Creating Trace of the design through
punching method
6.6 printing the design on fabric
6.7 embroidery on the final sample
7. 7. Embellishment
7.1 Introduction to Embellishment
7.2 Research on different embellishment
materials
7.3 Fabric swatches using different
embellishment materials
7.4 creating the design for embellishment
7.5 Tracing the design on fabric
7.6 final sample using different embellishment
materials

Total 60 680

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LIST OF MATERIALS/ TOOLS / EQUIPMENT

(For a Class of 25 Students)

Name of Trade Textile Design

Duration of Course 6 Months

Sr.
Name of Tools & Equipment Quantity
No.
1. Pencils 25
2. Erasers 25
3. Sharpeners 25
4 Paper cutter 25
5 Fabric scissors 5
6 Sketch books 25
25 each
7 Poster paints (5 basic colors)
color
8 Water color pencils 5 packs
9 Water colors 5 kits
5 yards
10 Fabric (each
student)
11 Carbon paper 25
12 Butter paper 50
13 Powder Dyes (5 colors) 5 tola each
25 each
14 Fabric Paints (5 basic colors)
color
2 each
15 Seta silk (5 colors)
color
16 Stencil sheets 25
17 Wax ½ kg

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18 Brushes 10
19 Needles 25
20 Embroidery frames 25

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MINIMUM QUALIFICATION OF INSTRUCTOR

Bachelor degree in Textile design with minimum one year experience in relevant
field

OR

One year diploma in Textile design with minimum two years of experience in
relevant field.

OR

One year Certificate course in Fashion designing with minimum two years of
experience in relevant field.

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REFERENCE BOOKS

1. Arts and Crafts Embroidery Laura Euler

2. Ascher: Fabric, Art, Fashion Valerie D. Mendes Frances Hinchcliffe
3. Printed Textile Design Amanda Briggs-Goode

EMPLOYABILITY OF PASS-OUTS

The pass outs of this course may find job / employment opportunities in the
following areas / sectors: -

1. Textile and Garments Industry

2. Boutique and industrial homes.
3. Schools as a teacher for Home Economics/Drawings/Designing.
4. Self employment

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