The Stitch Ledger
04

The finest garden takes a thousand hours

Estimated hand-stitch hours per traditional phulkari, ranked by pattern complexity

0 300 600 900 1,200 HOURS 180h Chope 340h Sainchi 560h Subhar 780h Vari-da-bagh 1,240h Ghunghat Bagh Wedding dowry Each bar = estimated hours for a single garment