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Subject: Textile and Apparel Designing × Author: Bharti Rani × Start date: 1999 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    Development of curtains using macramé technique
    (CCSHAU, 2017) Bharti Rani; Yadav, Saroj
    The present study was conducted to develop curtains using Macramé technique. To attain the specific objectives fifteen showroom owners of Hisar city dealing in home furnishings were surveyed to gather information regarding existing market practices/trends in partition curtains. Existing usage and purchase practices for partition curtains were studied from thirty consumers through self-structured interview schedule. Information pertaining to type of curtains available in the market, fibre content, fabric construction techniques, accessories, sources of information for buying partition curtains and factors considered for selection of partition curtains was gathered using self-structured interview schedule. Eighty seven cords were collected from markets of Hisar and Panipat city of Haryana state and different markets of Delhi and fifty cords were screened as per suitability for making partition curtains through Macramé technique. For selection of Macramé knots, samples of ten knots were prepared using selected cord. The selected knots were used in all possible combination and twenty knot combination designs were developed. Thirty designs of partition curtains were created in CorelDARW 12 software using the selected five knot combination designs. Five Macramé partition curtains were developed using selected designs. The developed Macramé partition curtains were got evaluated from thirty respondents for their design, knot combination and overall appearance. All the selected fifteen showrooms were found to be selling conventional partition curtains. Beads were used as accessory in 93.33 percent of the partition curtains available in the showrooms. All the showroom owners (100%) referred design catalogues for buying new styles of partition curtains and purchased directly from industries. Conventional curtains were preferred by all the consumers (100%). Data pertaining to preferences of consumers for new styles of partition curtains showed that half of the consumers were interested to buy Macramé/knotted and corded/strings partition curtains. On the basis of preferences of experts, cord sample number 35 in white smoke colour was selected for preparation of partition curtains. Wooden beads were used as accessory as per the experts’ preferences. Top ranked five Macramé knots i.e. 3(Double half hitch knot), 5(Half knot), 6(Flat knot),7(Popcorn knot) and 8(Reverse knot) were selected for creation of Macramé knot combinations designs. Most preferred five designs i.e. Designs No. 14, 7, 10, 16 and 18 were selected. As per the preferences of experts five design viz. design number 7b, 10f, 14c, 16e and 18f were selected for development of Macramé partition curtains. On the basis of consumers’ preferences curtain I, II, III and IV were highly appealing in terms of design, knot combination and overall appearance. The consumers had very high opinion about the developed Macramé partition curtains because of being attractive and uniqueness, suitability of Macramé technique, materials used and selected knot combination for development of partition curtains. The developed designs maintained the beauty of macramé technique, as per trend and had good market potential. Majority of the respondents reported that cost of developed curtains was appropriate.