Candy Cheques Frill Makeup Bag

Every culture has its candy colours. In India they arrive wrapped in cellophane and stacked in glass jars in the corner shops of every bazaar, reds and pinks so saturated they seem to glow from the inside. This bag started there.
The chequerboard is one of the oldest repeat patterns in textile printing, two colours, two blocks, alternating in a perfect grid across the cloth. Simple to describe, precise to execute. A cheque pattern has no motif to carry the eye, no trailing vine or scattered flower to soften an imprecise repeat. Every square must be the same size. Every block must land exactly where the last one left off. The printers of Sanganer have been doing this for generations, and the confidence in this cloth shows.
The red and the pink sit close enough in tone to feel like a single statement from a distance. Up close they resolve into two distinct colours, the cheque sharp and deliberate. The same fabric is gathered into a full frill that runs all the way around the bag, the squares breaking into a tumble of movement as the cloth is pleated.
A gold zip runs across the top, finished with a self-fabric tassel pull and our small metal tiger.
The frilly bag for someone who likes their colour undiluted.

Every Candy Cheques bag is printed and stitched by hand, so no two are quite the same. The chequerboard pattern requires two blocks to register precisely against each other, and you may notice a square that sits a fraction wider or a colour that bleeds very slightly at an edge. The red and pink may carry a slightly different intensity from piece to piece depending on the dye bath. The frill is gathered by hand, so its fullness will vary slightly around the bag. This is what block print looks like when it is honest about what it is.

• 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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