UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS
B.Sc. DEGREE COURSE IN INTERIOR DESIGN AND DECOR
SEMESTER SYSTEM WITH CREDITS
(Effective from the Academic Year 2003-2004)

SYLLABUS

Semester V - Paper X - Practicals

Number of Lecturer Hours/Week: 6
Practical: 3 hrs/week
Duration of Examination: 3
Examination Marks: 25
Credits: 4

1. Sewing Process :

a) Hand stitches - temporary and permanent.
b) Seam and seam finishes.
c) Preparation and application of true bias, bias facing, shaped facing & bias binding.
d) Plackets and openings - Continuous placket, bound & faced placket.

2. Garment Construction :

a) Saree petticoat
b) Choli
C) Baba suit

REFERENCE

Applicable for Semester V and VI
1. Allyne Bane - Creative sewing, McGraw Hill Book Company 1980.
2. Banes - Complete Guide to fashion Illustrated.
3. Durga Duelkar - A guide to household textiles.
4. Graves Ryan - Complete Encyclopedia for Stitchery.
5. Hess - Textiles fibres and their uses.
6. Erwin - Clothing for moderns.
7. Irwin - Practicals Dress Designing.
8. Jurekas - Easy Cutting.
9. Joseph M - Introductory textile science.
10. Lewis, Bowas, Kettunen - Clothing construction and wardrobe planning.
11. Mary Mathews - Practicals clothing construction - Part I, basic sewing processes.
12. Norvna, Hodlens & Saddles - Textiles
13. Wingate - Textile fabrics and Selection.

REFERENCES

1. Harry Mathews - Practical Clothing Construction Part I and Part II, Cosmic Press (1966).
2. Norma, Hollen & Saddler - Textiles I The Macmillion Co., New York.
3. Wingate - Textile Fabrics and their selection. Prentice Hall Inc., New Jersey (1976).
4. Potter & Carbman - Fibre to fabric McGraw Hill Book Co., New York (1987).