In depth study regarding the bed collection which includes:-
1)Its components:
2)manufacturing process
3)complete knowledge regarding the cushion,duvet,curtain and other elements.
4)types of printing
3. DUVET COMFORTER
• A duvet is a type of bedding that is a flat bag filled with down, feathers, wool, synthetic fibers and the bag has a
soft smooth surface.
• A comforter is a thick, fluffy blanket filled with polyester or “synthetic fibers”, used to keep warm and is sized to
sit neatly on top of the mattress.
• A quilt is a combination of different layers filled with cotton and fiber.
QUILT
6. Sham ,Pillows and Cushions
SHAM BOLSTER PILLOW
CUSHION
(26" x 20")
Square-Rectangle
(22" x 5" x 8 " )
Cylindrical
(20" x 26" )
Rectangle
(16 " x16 ")
Square
7. FABRIC USED IN BEDSHEETS
• The bed sheet may be made of a variety of fibre's, including linen, cotton, synthetics
(often blended with natural fibre's such as cotton) and occasionally silk.
• Most popular is percale, a closely-woven plain weave of all cotton or cotton-polyester
blend that is smooth, cool, and comfortable against the skin.
• Also of plain weave but more coarsely woven than percale is muslin. In winter
months flannel sheets, which are woven with nappy cotton fibre's, provides additional
warmth.
• satiny bed sheets, generally woven of synthetics are a novelty.
• Linen is also occasionally used for bed sheeting and is either imported from Eastern
Europe or Britain.
9. • Bales of cotton weighing about 480 lb (217.9 kg) are purchased and shipped
to the sheeting manufacturer.
• Next, the machine beats the cotton together, removing impurities and initiating
the blending process.
• In the carding machine, Cylinders with millions of teeth pull and straighten the
fibers and continue to remove impurities.
• The rovings are spun on a ring spinner, drawing the cotton into a single small
strand and twisting it as it spins
Procuring
the cotton
Blending Carding Spinning
Warping a
section
beam
Slashing
Warping
the beam
Weaving
Cleaning
and
bleaching
Dyeing
Cutting
and
sewing
10. •The weaving, is done on high-speed automatic air jet looms. The filler threads are transported across the warp
threads at a rate of 500 insertions per minute.
•The fabric, called greige, is gray in color. It is further finished by singeing. Then, the sheeting is ready to be
bleached.
• Now, whitened sheeting is rolled into a rope and put into a dryer which takes the moisture out prior to dyeing.
•The sheeting is rolled onto huge rolls and is ready to be cut and sewn.
• 500-600 ends of yarn from spools are pulled onto a single section beam, thus warping it. Later, several section
beams will be loaded onto the large warping beam, each contributing a portion of the warp.
• Each section beam goes through a slasher—a machine that coats the yarn with starch or sizing to protect the ends
and makes the yarn easier to weave.
• Once coated with sizing, several section beams are loaded onto a single large loom beam.
• As many as 6,000 yarns are automatically tied onto old yarns by a machine called a knotter in just a few minutes.
12. • Today, pillows are stuffed primarily with materials such as polyester (a synthetic), feathers, down, or a
combination of the latter two.
• The least expensive pillows to manufacture are polyester, although they are the most durable, easily washed,
and cause few allergic reactions.
• The most expensive is the pillow filled with goose down.
• Feathers are a moderately priced stuffing. Some higher-end pillows may be filled with a combination of goose
feathers and down, and that ratio may be varied extensively according to price point (the more down, the more
expensive).
Feathers Down Polyester
13. Fabric is shipped to the factory in huge bolts. Then fabric is taken to huge tables and
cut apart with either heavy shears or fabric cutting machines.
Stacks of fabric are taken to the sewing machines to grab the fabric and sew them together.
The tag that lists the pillow's contents is attached. The operator then turns the pillow
covering inside out so that the seams are on the inside of the case.
The casings are moved to the pillow machine, which blows the polyester filling into the
pillows. Then the blowing machine combs the polyester so it is fluffy and has some loft
Then workers close the opening in the pillow case using an industrial sewing machine.
Then machine blows air into thin plastic bags to open them up and then inserts individual
pillows. The bagged pillows are placed into boxes, ready for shipping.
18. Design is first sketched on paper. The sketched design is then scanned onto a computer
The pattern is then drafted and programmed onto a computer disk by using a graphic system
on the computer
.
The disk is then inserted into computerized machines
Then rolls of curtains are sent for dyeing. Then they are held under clips, dried and heat set.
The dried curtains are then cut from the roll using either hand scissors, automatic cutting
tools or a hot pen.
The finished curtains are then folded by hand or machine and then sent for packaging
19. Screen Printing
• Screen printing is also know as silk screen printing, as the screen is made with a silk bolting cloth.
• In this method, the design is transferred on to a bedsheet/pillow cover with open mesh areas so that the
printable materials can be pressed through the mesh.
• A squeeze is moved across the screen stencil, forcing print material through the mesh openings.
20. Block Printing
• It is one of ancient techniques of printing on fabric by using wooden blocks.
• Blocks are made of wood with design engraved on the flat surface so that the raised portions of
design helps to take the printing paste gets imprinted when stamped.
• Separate blocks are used for each color.
• Now-a-days, design is affixed with metal wire which gives a fine print when stamped.
21. Roller Printing
• Separate rollers are used for printing different colours. About 16 colours can be printed in a
design. The diameter of the roller designates one repeat.
• The rollers are arranged in order on the machine and the fabric to be printed moves over a
rotating drum.
• The roller with design rotates against a moving brush that supplies the colour from roller and a
doctor blade scrapes of the excess dye from the roller.
22. Transfer Printing
• Also called sublimation (changing from solid to gaseous state), the design from one surface is
transferred to the other.
• It uses heat and pressure to transfer an image or design from a piece of transfer paper to the
bedsheet/pillow cover.
• In this method printable surface is taken – Press and heat – cool and separate.
• Transfer printing is compatible with most of the materials.