Leena Voutilainen
 
  Interior textiles to bedroom - designing and producing a fabric made bedstead and a counterpane  
  Textile Design :   1778/2001
 
 
Image: Leena Voutilainen
 
 

The present final project work consists of dyeing and printing experiments on basis of which a fabric bedstead will be made. Furthermore, a counterpane matching the colours, style and atmosphere will be designed and made. These two textiles are to create a unified interior decoration to a bedroom. The aim of the present final project work is to design a fabric bedstead . The bedstead is to be enduring, easy to use, easy to move as well as it must be able to hang it on the wall, or otherwise when necessary. An effort is made to take the production costs into account while choosing the materials. In designing the counterpane the bedstead's colours and patterns are taken into consideration so that the textiles will create a restful atmosphere to the bedroom. In the present final project work it is also discussed briefly how a bedroom can be decorated as well as different styles in bedroom interior decoration are introduced. Furthermore, beds and bedsteads made of different kinds of materials are presented and their prices compared. The textiles are made with dyeing and fabric printing techniques, which are chosen on the basis of the experiments made. The techniques used are dyeing, fabric painting, waxbatik and wheat flour resist method. In dyeing Clariant's Drimaren K -dyes are used. In waxbatik 100 % paraffin wax is used. The material of the textiles is a strong cotton fabric. The filling is wad (the counterpane's wad is 60 grammes/m2 and bedstead's 100 grammes/m2). In the present final project work, the ways of hanging a bedstead are discussed and one method is chosen in which the bedstead is hung to a curtain rod. Moreover, price determination of the textiles as well as reasons effecting the customers buying decisions are studied.

 
  Keywords: interior textiles, bedstead, counterpane, dyeing, fabric painting  
  Right of use: To be studied in the place where deposited. Can be copied only under the written permission of the author.  
  Number, file/product, number of pages:
1778:1 File A4 Study, 80 pages
 
  Number, what parts, where deposited:
1778:2 The bedstead In the author's possession 1778:3 The counterpane In the author's possession
 
  Phone, e-mail, Home page:050 3435828 leena.voutilainen@raketti.net