Basanti Bagh Frill Mini Pouch

Basanti means the colour of spring. In Rajasthan, spring arrives quickly and without apology, the mustard fields turning yellow almost overnight, the orange of the marigold appearing on every temple step before the cold has properly left. This cloth captures that moment.
The pattern is a jaal, a continuous flowering vine that travels across the white ground without leaving a single gap. Large open blooms in orange and yellow, vivid green leaves turning at every angle, the whole thing interlocking in the way a real garden does when growth has taken over and nothing holds back. This is one of Sanganer's oldest pattern structures, the jaal framework inherited from the Mughal textile tradition and refined by generations of printers into something that is now entirely its own.
Multiple blocks build the pattern in sequence. The green vine structure comes first, laying down the framework across the cloth. Then the yellow of the petals, then the orange deepening the blooms. Then the fine dark outlines, the last pass, the one that gives each flower its precision and holds the whole jaal together. Four layers, four passes, every one placed by hand in Sanganer.
The same fabric is gathered into a frill that runs all the way around the pouch, the vines and blooms breaking into movement as the cloth is pleated. A gold zip runs along the top, finished with a self-fabric knotted tassel and our small metal tiger.
The pouch that carries a Rajasthani spring in your bag.

Every Basanti Bagh pouch is printed and stitched by hand, so no two are quite the same. The four colour layers in this pattern mean there is genuine variation between pieces. You may notice a bloom where the orange sits slightly outside the yellow beneath it, or a vine that catches the green a little more deeply in one section. The white ground may show a very faint warmth from piece to piece. The frill is gathered by hand, so its fullness will shift slightly around the pouch. With a pattern this layered and abundant, the variation only adds to it.

• Wipe clean with a damp cloth for daily care
• Machine-wash on a gentle cycle in cool water
• Wash separately the first time, colours may release slightly
• Air-dry away from direct sunlight
• Steam or iron on a low heat if needed

UK delivery

• Standard delivery — £5.95, free over £60. Royal Mail tracked, 3–5 working days.
• Express delivery — £7.95. Royal Mail tracked, 1–2 working days.
• Order before 2pm Monday–Friday for same-day dispatch. Orders placed after 2pm, or over the weekend, dispatch the next working day.

International delivery

We ship worldwide. Rates and timeframes calculated at checkout based on your destination. Customs duties and import taxes are not included and are the customer's responsibility.

Returns

You have 14 days from receiving your order to return it. Items must be unused, in their original condition and packaging.

For change-of-mind returns, we email you a Royal Mail returns link — no printer needed, no postage to pay upfront. The cost of return postage is deducted from your refund.

For faulty, damaged or incorrect items, we cover return postage in full and refund your original delivery charge. Sale items are final.

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Every piece in our collection is sourced directly from artisan workshops we know by name. We pay fairly, we visit often, and we believe the people who make a thing should be valued as much as the thing itself. We use natural dyes wherever possible, plastic-free packaging in every order, and we donate a share of every sale back into the craft communities we work with.

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