coimbatore the covid19 pandemic has fired the imagination of a section of students pursuing creative courses in tirupurafter designing sarees tshirts wearable art nail art and denim apparels that are themed around covid19 students of nifttea college of knitwear fashion in tirupur have now come up with home furnishings such as bedspreads curtains window blinds pillow covers and bolster covers around the same themefaculty members and students said they first hand sketched the designs which were then converted into digital format boopathy vijay an assistant professor with the college said screen printing technology and knitted fabric were used to make the prototypes usually home furnishings such as curtains and bedspreads would be made of woven fabric we wanted it to be different as tirupur is known also for knitted fabric we used thatpointing out that fabric paint would not be durable for home furnishings he said they have used screen printing which would be more durable and washable for the prototypep vignesh a thirdyear garment designing and production student who worked on the project said we knitted the fabric ourselves for the prototype the home furnishings have already created an interest and people have started inquiring about the samethey said it was viable to produce the home furnishings commercially and sell them at affordable prices they also have plans to market the products post lockdown when industries and markets resume operationsboopathy said they were planning to do a series of creative works that were themed around the pandemic after wearable covid19 art face art nail art we are also working on a large embroidery artwork on covid19 and visual art pieces for police personnellast month the college students had designed an attire using denim fabric conveying the importance of staying at home wearing masks and blood tests pictorially they had done value addition to the denim fabric by way of fabric painting applique work and patch work the students had to do the entire work as printing units were not open due to the lockdown