Adachikan
Tepchi
Tepchi or Taipchi or Tipkhi stitch is a long-running or darning stitch worked with six strands on the right side of the fabric taken over four threads and picking up one. Thus, by this, a line is formed. Sometimes Tepchi is used to make the “bel buti “all over the fabric.
The Tepchi stitch resembles ‘Jamdani’ and is considered the cheapest and the quickest stitch. ‘Jamdani’ is a fine muslin fabric with mostly floral designs woven in Dhaka where it’s also known as Dhakai. Since a few hundred years earlier; ‘Jamdani’ was not readily available in Lucknow, the Ruasa (elite class) wanted to replicate this fabric but since there were no weavers to make ‘Jamdani’ in Lucknow chikan workers were deployed to create something closest to Jamdani. After much cogitation, the stitch of tepchi was created and dense floral patterns were embroidered. If done finely it would be difficult to differentiate it from the woven fabric of Jamdani.
Tepchi
Tepchi or Taipchi or Tipkhi stitch is a long-running or darning stitch worked with six strands on the right side of the fabric taken over four threads and picking up one. Thus, by this, a line is formed. Sometimes Tepchi is used to make the “bel buti “all over the fabric.
The Tepchi stitch resembles ‘Jamdani’ and is considered the cheapest and the quickest stitch. ‘Jamdani’ is a fine muslin fabric with mostly floral designs woven in Dhaka where it’s also known as Dhakai. Since a few hundred years earlier; ‘Jamdani’ was not readily available in Lucknow, the Ruasa (elite class) wanted to replicate this fabric but since there were no weavers to make ‘Jamdani’ in Lucknow chikan workers were deployed to create something closest to Jamdani. After much cogitation, the stitch of tepchi was created and dense floral patterns were embroidered. If done finely it would be difficult to differentiate it from the woven fabric of Jamdani.