Chakra Phool Wash Bag

The chakra is one of the oldest symbols in India. A wheel, a circle, a sun. It appears in temple carvings, on the national flag, in the geometry of classical dance. And in the block-printing workshops of Sanganer, it appears on cotton.
The chakra phool is a wheel flower, a large circular bloom with petals radiating outward from a deep burgundy centre in the way spokes leave a hub. The motif fills the cloth with a confidence that comes from centuries of repetition. This is not a pattern that was designed. It was distilled, refined over generations until every element is exactly where it needs to be and nothing is where it does not.
The printing here uses four blocks in sequence. The blush ground is dyed first. Then the orange of the outer petals, each one radiating from the centre in a clean arc. Then the white, picking out the detail within each petal. Then the burgundy centre, the final pass, the anchor that holds the whole motif together. Four layers of colour, four passes of the block, each one placed by hand over the last.
The scale of the chakra phool means this bag reads differently at different distances. From across the room it is a bold geometric repeat. Up close it resolves into something far more intricate, each petal carrying its own detail, the centre deep and precise.
Once printed, the cotton is hand-quilted along vertical channels for structure and a soft padded weight, then bound with a hand-woven pink and white stripe trim. A gold zip runs across the top, finished with a tassel pull.
The wash bag that carries four thousand years of Indian design on its side.

Every Chakra Phool wash bag 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 petal where the orange sits slightly outside the white detail above it, or a centre that caught the burgundy a little more deeply than its neighbour. The blush ground may carry a slightly warmer or cooler tone from piece to piece. With a motif this layered, the variation is not a distraction. It is the proof that every single pass was made by a human hand.

• 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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