Sindhi taropa
The Sindhi hand embroidery work is done in silk and cotton thread on cotton or silk. The Sindhis who settled in India after the partition of the country brought their embroidery tradition with them and it is now as much a part of Indian embroidery tradition as any other. The stitches used are satin, straight, back, chain, open chain, buttonhole, interlacing, couched straight, laid threads, couched, crossed herringbone, over sewing (for edges), stem, fly and darning. The interlaced stitch is used around a central loop for affixing mirror discs.
Chain stitch is often decorated with cross stitch to imitate couching. The darning stitch is some-times as much as an inch in length. Leaves and flowers are brought into sharp relief by the use of a tight buttonhole stitch.