Lotus Trail Mini Pouch

In Indian sacred tradition, the lotus does not stay still. It travels, carried by water, by birds, by the hands of painters and printers across centuries of textile making. In Sanganer it arrived on the end of a vine, trailing across cloth in the pattern known as the lotus trail.
This is a jaal in the classical Sanganer manner, a dense continuous vine that covers every inch of the olive green ground without leaving a gap. The lotus here is rendered in its open form, petals spread wide, the pink of the flower sitting against the deep green the way a lotus sits on water. The dark outlines of the stems and leaves are printed first, laying down the structure of the vine. Then the pink of the petals, then the white detail within each flower. Each pass of the block adds a layer, the pattern building from a network of dark lines into something that, up close, has the detail and depth of a painting.
The olive green ground is one of the quieter colours in the Sanganer palette, warm enough to give the pink flowers their glow without competing with them. The cotton is cut and stitched into a flat pouch, the lotus trail continuing across every face. A gold zip runs along the top, finished with a self-fabric knotted tassel and our small metal tiger.
The pouch that carries four hundred years of Sanganer printing in its pocket.

Every Lotus Trail pouch is printed and stitched by hand, so no two are quite the same. The dense jaal pattern uses multiple blocks in sequence, and the slight variation in registration from one pass to the next is part of what gives the cloth its handmade character. You may notice a flower where the pink sits a fraction outside its outline, or a vine that shifts slightly from its neighbour. The olive green ground may carry a slightly different warmth from piece to piece. This is a pattern that has been made by hand for generations, and the evidence of those hands is in every piece.

• 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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