Vol. 11, Issue 4, Part C (2025)

Abstract
Embroidery in India includes dozens of embroidery styles that vary by region and clothing styles. Designs in Indian embroidery are created on the basis of the texture and the design of the fabric and the stitch. The dot and the interchange dot, the circle, the square, the triangle, and permutations and combinations of these constitute the design. Embroidery has been a passion in the state of Gujarat. The state is famous for the embroidery of kutch and kathiawar. Kathiawar embroidery has a great influence of neighboring states and places like Sindh, Punjab and Kutch. Kathiawar and sind embroideries are almost identical and have much in common. Kathiawar embroidery is one of the marked techniques of surface embellishment of Kathiawar district of Gujarat state. The present study is a genuine attempt of the researcher to create product (only jackets) using kathiawar embroidery motifs to and expert had high opinion regarding adaptation of kathiawar embroidery for fabric painting as they strongly opined that fabric painting is easy in execution and has effectively replicated the effect of kathiawar embroidery to maintain its beauty. It is time saving and cost effective surface embellishment technique as per market trend with WMS ranging between 2.34-2.76. Thus, transformation of innovative designs of kathiawar embroidery into fabric painting has enhanced the range of designing and productivity.