Tapestry weave
A weave where each colour of weft is worked only in its own area, so the pattern is part of the cloth rather than lying on top.
Also: tapestry technique, interlocked weft
In tapestry weaving the coloured wefts do not run the full width. Each colour is woven back and forth only where it is wanted, and it meets the next colour either by interlocking loops or by a small slit. The pattern is therefore built into the cloth, not added over a ground, and the saree looks the same on both sides. Kanchipuram korvai borders, Paithani motifs and the Gadwal body-to-border joins are described as tapestry techniques. The method is slow, since the weaver changes thread again and again, and each of these sarees can take weeks.