The history of making Pochampally ikats can be traced back to the 1950s- in a small town called Bhoodan Pochampally located in Telangana. It is believed that the creation of Pochampally sarees began, when the head of the Pochampally village was given the responsibility to create weaves on cotton and silk sarees. This was initiated to reduce production 

costs and boost profits. But gradually, the production of Pochampallys spread to the neighbouring villages and towns; Telangana remains one of India's most ancient ikat weaving centres (along with Gujarat and Odisha).

The Pochampally saree is made by converting silk or cotton threads into warps, dyeing them and printing the motifs on graph paper. The yarns are put into desired configurations on the loom by the weavers. The Pochampally weave is also known as ikat weave, which translates to tie & dye. It is made using the technique of creating the resist by binding bunches and single yarn. These yarns are dyed after being tightly wrapped in a geometric pattern. The warp ikat or single ikat is the 

technique where only the warp is resist-dyed before being woven into the weft. The weft ikat technique places the dyed patterns on the weft woven yarns. This technique is comparably time-consuming as the weft yarns are woven until the design comes up.

The ikat patterns are divided into single ikat and double ikkat. Single ikat textiles are the ones, where only the warp is dyed and interwoven with the weft, which is of a single base colour. On the opposite, in double ikats, both warp and weft yarns are dyed. They are then, set in a specific way to create the signature designs. 

Sarees also draw inspiration from the Gujarati patola sarees- featuring a mix of motifs like flowers, dancing girls, parrots and elephants. These motifs are printed into geometric grids to look like ikat patterns.