Exquisite & Intricate Hand Embroidered Phulkari Dupatta. The origins and existence of phulkari embroidery can be traced back to the 7th century CE. Traditionally the whole activity involved women getting together to embroider phulkaris as they sang traditional songs together. The hallmark of phulkari is making innumerable patterns by using long and short darn stitches. The traditional varieties of phulkari include bagh, chope, subhar, sainchi, tilpatra, neelal, ghungat bagh and chammas.