the stitch and needle!

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today we will discover how the beautiful designs of phulkari are made!

STITCHES

Darning stitch was the most commonly used technique to make phulkari and the quality of a piece could be measured according to the width of this stitch. The narrowest was the stitch, the finest was the piece. In order to create an unusual design or to border the khaddar, some other stitches like the herringbone stitch, running stitch, Holbein stitch or button hole stitch were occasionally used. To fill in the motif either satin stitch or a variation known as stop stitch was preferred.

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