Phulkari or flower-work

A phulkari is hardly different from a bagh except that while in a bagh embroidery covers the entire field in a phulkari it covers special areas. Even when embroidered motifs are scattered all over the field, as in this phulkari, the ground remains sufficiently visible. Not so strictly in a bagh, darn or a large running stitch is the essence of embroidery in a phulkari. Embroidery rendered using cross stitch or its any other type will not class as phulkari. As in a bagh in phulkari also ‘pallu’ is distinctly designed. A phulkari like this in which similar motifs are embroidered in groups like tree-groves is usually known as bella or grove phulkari.