Hand Embroidery

Embroidery has for centuries been part of the education of every well brought up Punjabi girl. The Granth Sahib, the religious book of the Sikhs, says “Kadh Kasida pehreh choli, Ta Tum Janoh Nari” (Only when you have yourself embroidered…

The Kashmiri embroidery is known as Kashida, a Persian word which, among others, means embroidery as well as drawing. The Kashmiri hand embroidery work uses simple stitches such as the satin, stem, chain and long and short stitches and…

Kathiawar, which took its name from the Kathis, shows a strongly folk element in its embroidery. Kathiawar is very rich in embroidered goods since the art is used for decorating even the humblest home. The toran, or valance, that graces the…

The Sindhi hand embroidery work shows a delicacy and refinement that can only be the result of court patronage. Even though Sind is no longer a part of India, no work on Indian embroidery can be complete without mention of the hand works…

The folk hand embroidery of Kutch is done in cotton thread on cotton cloth. Yellow, saffron, white, purple and green are favourite colors. The work is done with darning and herringbone stitches and the motifs include those named above along…

Indian Embroidery Stitches The Indian embroidery stitches belongs to no special caste, community or sex. The art is hereditary like so many other skills in India. It is passed down from father to son or from mother to daughter. Indian…

Traditional Indian Embroidery Traditional Indian embroidery achieved its beauty and luminosity as much from the embroiderer’s skill as from the quality of the materials used. The natural color used for dyeing the threads distinguishes the…

Gujarat has been renowned for the quality of its hand embroidery. The richness of design and variety of hand embroidery stitches used Gujarat is explained by one of the legends pertaining to Krishna. On his way to Dwarka, Krishna fought…

Materials for Hand Embroidery The materials used for Hand Embroidery in India includes cotton, silk, tusser, wool etc. Wool has been traditionally used as  hand embroidering material both for garments and rugs and carpets. Such work was…