Textile Design

Textile designing is one of the most useful streams and popular streams of fine arts that offer lots of employment opportunities. Textile designing as the names implies indicates designing of clothes and three main techniques are used in textile designing and they are:
Painting and coloring technique
Tailoring and embroidery technique
Weaving the printing technique
A textile designer can find employment opportunities in garment, fashion, home furnishings and interior segments among other industries. Export houses also employ a good number of textile designers in the form of designers or merchandisers.
The textile industry in India is evolving from the handloom, power loom and craft sectors to newer areas, like the paper and automobile industries. There are handlooms and textile companies owned by the Government that keep on offering different job roles to textile designers. The Handloom Development Scheme of Shillong time to time calls for applications from eligible candidates for the position of Textile Designer on contract basis. Likewise, many other public sector organizations also recruit textile designers by offering them an attractive pay package.

Education programs in textile design include both undergraduate and graduate degree programs. In general, both levels offer many hands-on courses that teach students about the design, manufacture and sale of textiles.
Individuals interested in designing and creating the fabrics and materials used in fashion, interior design and even automotive design might consider a degree programme in textile design. The most common degree available in this subject is the Bachelor of arts in textile design. Master's degree programs are available for those interested in textile design management. These programs combine classroom lectures with hands-on studio labs.
In order to gain acceptance to a Bachelor's programme, applicants must provide high school transcripts, standardized test scores, personal essays and sometimes a portfolio of artwork. Many graduate programs require the completion of a Bachelor's degree in a field such as textiles, design, art, fashion, supply chain management or business. Some graduate programs related to textile design require that students select a particular concentration on which to focus, such as textiles technology, textile management or textiles marketing.
A Bachelor's degree programme can be completed with about four years of full time study. Some graduate programs may require thesis projects that students complete by designing, packaging and selling their own textile creations.
Bachelor of arts in textile designing:
A Bachelor's degree programme in textile design is meant to provide students with an in-depth understanding of the creation and functional utilization of various textiles. Students complete hands-on work with the various materials and components that make up textiles such as knits, weaves, silks, leathers and color dyes. Courses included in the programme may include the following:
Textile design processes
Color usage
Textile terminology
Repeat patterning
Computer aided textile design
Knitted and woven design
Master's Degrees in Textile Design
Master of Arts in Textiles and Supply Chain Management and a Master of Arts in Textiles and Marketing. These degree programs are designed to help students further explore the processes and technologies that go into designing and producing textiles.
Common courses include:
Materials and polymers
Nonwovens characteristics, methods, and processing
Bonding principles in nonwovens
Advanced woven structures design
Biotextiles
Textile quality and process control

Since textile is something used in daily needs, it is a growing topic now and then. A textile designer can be employed in the garment, fashion, home furnishing and the interiors segment among other industries. The textile industry in India is evolving from the handloom, power loom and craft sectors to newer areas, like the paper and automobile industries. For example, automotive textile deals with the fabric used in car interiors. For this, one should have three knowledge of the fabric to be used in the car seats which should be thick, durable, etc. Similarly, in other subfields, the textile is of great importance and has a very good scope regarding employment. For instance, one should know that Surat in Gujarat has one of the most known textile set up that employs about 40% of the population working in the textile sector.

Hi,
I think you should go for a post-graduation Diploma in textile design because you already studied Fashion Designing for three years, now you would not learn anything new in PG in fashion designing. Till now, you know about how to use textile in garments and how to design garments, but textile designing will now give you the opportunity to learn about how textile will be used in other industries and what are the other possibilities of a textile. Now, doing textile designing will add up to your skills and you also get to know about textiles more. It will also help you in getting better job offers. Also, textile designing studies are the best in India because we have a rich heritage culture in textile we are the largest producer in jute, and second, third the largest in silk and cotton. So, it's the best option you can go for in India,