Amber Buta Makeup Bag

The marigold is everywhere in Rajasthan. On temple steps, strung across market stalls, pressed into garlands before dawn. It took a printer in Bagru to put it on cotton.
The motif is the full plant, flower head and leaves together, repeating across the cloth in the unhurried rhythm of a hand at work. Each block is hand-cut from teakwood, dipped in dye and struck onto the fabric in measured passes. The slight variation from one repeat to the next is not inconsistency. It is the printer's hand, and it is what you are paying for.
The orange ground is dyed before a single block touches the cloth, deepened to a warm saffron by the iron-rich water that runs through the wells of Bagru. The golden yellow of the flower and the sage green of the leaves are printed in sequence over it, each colour mixed in the workshop. Three colours built up in passes, the cloth carrying the full warmth of the pattern by the end.
Once printed, the cotton is hand-quilted along vertical channels for a soft padded weight, then bound with a hand-woven yellow and cream stripe trim. A self-fabric tassel finishes the zip, weighted with our small metal tiger.
In India the marigold is the flower of celebration, of welcome, of things beginning well. A fitting thing to carry your mornings in.

Every Amber Buta bag is printed and stitched by hand, so no two are quite the same. The orange ground may carry a slightly different warmth from piece to piece depending on the dye bath, and you may notice a motif a little heavier in pigment where the block pressed with more intention. The green of the leaves can shift between sage and olive across the cloth. None of this is error. It is the signature of the printer's hand, and it is what makes each bag its own thing.

• 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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