1971 saw the migration of many communities from across the border after the Indo-Pak War. Among them were the Sodha community and the Meghawaad Maaru community. They moved to Kutch and found their home in the villages of Zura, Pachcham and Mundra.

Ever since then, the women have spent their afternoons in intricate needlework to create beautiful geometric thread work designs. The word Soof originates from Saaf, which means cleanliness. It defines their handwork that is extremely clean and neat.

It starts with counting the warps and wefts of a basket woven fabric. The design is then mentally conceptualized by the craftswoman according to the fabric's thread count. They start working directly on the fabric without any drawing or reference lines. 

Using the Satin stitch, geometric patterns are embroidered onto the reverse side of the fabric. The complexity of the embroidery increases with diagonal patterns. Commonly, designs are done on the horizontal and vertical grid. 

Once it's made, the front side reveals an extremely neat and clean portrayal of geometric designs. So tidy is the hand embroidery that it is commonly mistaken for machine work.

Soof embroidery motifs is found on blouses, ghagras, bukanis worn by men over a turban, home decor like torans to adorn the doorways, and chaklas to decorate the walls.