Fash Writeups

Range of Fabric Embroidery - Part 1

Hand Embroidery:

Designing in cloths is embellished by doing embroidery with hands by silk or cotton
threads.

Machine Embroidery:

Designing in cloth is done by embroidery with machine by using silk or cotton threads.

Different States of Embroidery:

India is a country of different states. Every state has a different type of embroidery. Some of the embroideries of India are as follows :

Kantha of Bengal:

The Kantha embroidery originates from the practice of quilting rags and embroidering them. They come from East Bengal districts Jessore, Faridabad etc,. The special significance of the Kantha quilt is not only in its artistic elegance but its vivid narration of legends and tales of heroism. In the finest Kanthas the embroidery stitches are made in such a way that the design appears exactly same on both the sides. The fabric used for kanthas are old sarees placed neatly together in layers till the desired thickness. The fold is quilted in white thread. Motifs are human and animal figures, floral and foliage. The colors are blue, green, red, white, yellow and black. The stitched used is the running stitch.

Sind Embroidery

They are very common. It is colorful, elaborate and lavishly done on ghagra and choli. They sometimes use tiny mirrors on their dress. The use of herringbone and darning stitches is most lavish. The material used is Khaddar of bright colors. Rumals, torans and chaklas are the pride of every home.

Phulkari of Punjab:

Phulkari and Baugh works most precious and dear to the heart of the rural folk of Punjab. They produced one of the loveliest shawls. Phulkari means flower craft and Baugh means garden. The fabric used is hand spun or hand woven, home dyed coarse Khaddar. The embroidery colors are mostly red, maroon, magenta, Vermillion, electric blue, green . The background is unbleached cotton. The threads are unwoven silk floss. The ornamental motifs of Phulkari are geometrical made of vertical, horizontal and diagonal stitches but the Baugh has an all over geometrically conventional floral pattern. The stitches used are darning, blanket and herringbone.

Chikankari of Uttar Pradesh:

It is an extremely lovely and elegant style. It is done in white on cotton, linen or silk. It looks rich though without color. The fabric used is plain white, fine muslin, but today it is done on cambric, voile, organdy and similar fabrics. It is also done on tussar silk. The threads are of cotton and white but at times colored thread may be used. There are floral and paisley motifs. Stitches used are herringbone, backstitch, buttonhole, French knot and satin stitch.

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