The darning stitch is the basic unit of phulkari and the workmanship of phulkari is graded according to the length and density of its stitches. Every thread is picked up from the obverse side and is done so finely that hardly any background material would be visible. The needle craft consists of mainly long and short darning stitches. It is done on the wrong side of the khaddar.
Though the work is simple in appearance, it requires a long time and good eye sight to master this technique. For outlining the borders and marking the areas, stem, chain and herring stitches are used. Double running and satin stitches were also used but the edging is done by buttonhole.
Earlier, khaddar was woven in narrow width and hence two or three such widths used to be joined from wrong sides to get a size of two and a half yards long and one and three quarter yards of width. The joints of the base fabrics were expertly covered with the herringbone stitch. The color of the base khaddar is red, blue, black, rust, brown and white.
References-
1. Naik, Shailaja D. Traditional Embroideries Of India. 1st ed. Print.
Though the work is simple in appearance, it requires a long time and good eye sight to master this technique. For outlining the borders and marking the areas, stem, chain and herring stitches are used. Double running and satin stitches were also used but the edging is done by buttonhole.
References-
1. Naik, Shailaja D. Traditional Embroideries Of India. 1st ed. Print.
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