ASSESSMENT OF DESIGN CRITERIA FOR REINVENTION OF FABRIC WASTE TO PRODUCE CHILDRENS CLOTHING ARTICLES BY CLOTHING ENTREPRENEURS IN KANO STATE NIGERIA

Abstract

This study explores design criterion for reinvention of fabric waste to produce children’s clothing articles by clothing entrepreneurs in kano state Nigeria. Objectively, the study identified design criteria required for reinvention of fabric waste to produce children’s clothing articles, the types and characteristics of fabric waste to be reinvented to produce children’s clothing articles by clothing entrepreneurship in Kano State. A survey design was used for the study. Population was 15,824 made up of 600 registered clothing entrepreneurs and 15,269 mothers that registered for post-natal and pediatric care in federal, state government and private hospitals in Kano State. Multi-stage sampling technique and purposive sampling was used to select a sample size of 612 respondents, comprising of 378 mothers and 234 clothing entrepreneurs. Questionnaire titled “Assessment of Design Criteria for Reinvention of Fabric Waste to produce Children’s Clothing Article Instrument for Mothers and Clothing Entrepreneurs (DCRFWPCCAIMCE)" was used for data collection. Internal consistency of instrument was determined using Cronbach alpha which yielded 0.82 for design criteria and 0.89 for fabric characteristics. Data were analyzed using mean and standard deviation.
Result of the Findings revealed sixteen design criteria identified for reinvention of fabric waste to produce children’s clothing articles. These include: children’s clothing articles being comfortabl (4.00± 0.00; 4.00±0.00); safe for the wearer (3.93±0.98; (3.93± 0.98) for mothers and clothing entrepreneurs respectively among others. 41characteristics of fabric waste were identified for the production of children’s clothing articles by clothing entrepreneurship. These include: cotton fabric waste (3.75± 0.94;3.53± 0.88); bright color fabrics (3.50±0.88;3.26± 0.82,) light fabric waste (3.90± 0.98;3.73± 0.93) among others. The study recommended that clothing entrepreneurs and mothers should reinvent fabric waste to produce a lot of useful children’s clothing articles and other clothing accessories that require small pieces of fabrics to produce.