Bedroom Slippers :


Bedroom slippers have been designed and constructed to provide-total comfort to the wearer indoors. Aesthetically designed, in varied colours and materials, light in weight, enables the wearer to shuffle indoors effortlessly.

Materials :
Designed to spell comfort these home wears are styled completely using 100% cotton hand woven fabrics. The vamp sports different hues of sporty checks, elegant jacquards, pleasant plains, trendy stripes and beautiful dobbies, and gives it an aesthetic touch. The insole and vamp lining supply the soft feel of pile fabric to ensure a sense of relaxation and ease.

Bottom  :

Coated fabric is used as "Soles" with a sandwich of cross-linked "PU foam" and "U foam" for added comfort, shock absorbency and cushioning of the feet. A leather/synthetic "English" binding around the edges services twin objectives of strengthening the footwear while also providing for a smart and trendy look.

Bags that live in :

A unique product is what has been the result of a joint initiative of the Handloom Export Promotion Council (HEPC) and the Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI) Aesthetically designed handbags with a blend of leather and cotton textile fabric is what has been achieved. These bags have been sourced and colour co-ordinated by HEPC and are creatively designed and technically crafted out by CLRI. Being light in weight, with an appealing look, these bags have been designed specially for comfort. A range of bags have been designed to suit various occasions.

Kondi Furnishings : 

IIkal is a haven for weaving. The speciality of IIkal Sarees is its characteristic ' tope tene sargu ' with matching 'kanas'.hthe exclusive 'IIkal sari designs' are now extended to wide range of furnishing fabrics.

Clearly by a unique traditional 'kondi technique' which means looping, the fabrics are called 'kondi furnishings'. This extraordinary technique only available in IIkal cannot be repleted by power loom. But by adopting and retaining the intrinsic 'kondi' technique on the fly shuttle pit loom a new frame loom can create an  exciting range of kondi products.

Unique in design, exclusive in  style, magnificent in colours, exhaustive in variety, mesmerisng in range. Kondi products woven by hand ranges from table cloths to napkins, curtains to kitchen aprons, bedspreads to pillows covers, towels to place mats to anything in made-up fabrics.

The success of Kondi Furnishing is a perfect blend of dedicated skilled craftsmanship and timeless Cahlukya designs and motifs inspired from Aihole and Pattakadal where the old sculptures of the Chalukyam dynasty still stand the test of time.
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WEAVING NEW DREAMS

The handloom industry promoted by the Handloom Export Promotion Council has been a wonderful testimony to India's rich and varied heritage. Over the years, this industry has stood the test of time and today it proudly commands an enviable portion in the world market.

A new facet of the handloom section has taken shape in the form of home furnishings - the art of weaving has extended beyond sarees and has entered the portals of your home - through CURTAINS, TABLEMATS, BED LINEN and so on.

With creativity being the hallmark of our work, we offer you a rich blend of the traditional with the contemporary in the latest hues of the season, woven in perfect symmetry of our skilled weavers.

So here is an opportunity to tap a hitherto new market by bringing the rich taste of Indian tradition into the world over and further enlivening their interiors.

HEPC has launched a special scheme known as the Comprehensive Export Production Scheme, sponsored by the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India.

Kondi furnishings are the exclusive fabrics from ILKAL in Karnataka. It is the result of the unique technique of "looping", which is woven by hand and the products range from tablecloths to napkins, curtains to place mats.

Mushru, also known as "Kunthni fabrics" is woven with cotton and silk with extra warp and combined with the dyed designs.


Santipur furnishings consist of an exclusive weaving technique called "Jamdani" where high count weaves are used for sarees and is therefore apt to be used for home furnishings. They are characterized by their gossamer texture with extra weft figured designs.









Cutwork designed fabrics is an altogether new item of curtains, woven in fine counts and burnt our\t in the design areas to obtain an opaque effect. This exclusive range is being created in Paramakudi in the southern part of India







At Bargarh, Orissa, new furnishings consisting of the tie dyed technique is used by a unique method of leaving the motif undyed on coloured ground. This is called an Ikat design and can be variated to a great extent.

Raipur, in Madhya Pradesh is noted for traditional weaving based on the "bustar" motif HEPC has modified and upgraded the looms for weaving. A new fabric has been developed by blending tussar silk with cotton. This new fabric which bears a natural pastel shade forms a beautiful base fabric for embroideries and appliques. This fabric could also be dyed into other shades, the colours are chosen with the help of trendy forecasts provided by the international colour authority.

Gharcholu is cotton fabric divided into squares with brocade work by the weavers of Jaipur, Rajasthan. The variety of technical possibilities leads to a surprising number of new items.

Household industries in Nagaland have produced handloom products. Exquisite tribal shawls, which are thick and colourful with outstanding patterns have a good potential for furnishings.

Do take advantage of this new range of products which are yet to hit the market.