Rustic Gul Makeup Bag

Not every great block print is complicated. Some of the oldest and most enduring patterns in Rajasthan are the simplest, a single motif, one colour, repeated across the cloth with nothing else competing for attention. The rustic gul is one of these.
Gul means flower in Hindi and Urdu, and this one is as direct as the word itself. A small bloom on a short stem, white against terracotta, pressed onto the cloth in a clean grid. No layering of blocks, no secondary colours, no elaborate border. Just the flower, the ground, and the hand that placed them together.
The terracotta is one of the most characteristic colours in the Bagru palette, the warmth of the local earth rendered in cloth. The white is the cotton beneath, revealed by a resist applied before the ground colour is laid. It is one of the oldest printing techniques in India, the absence of dye doing as much work as the dye itself.
Once printed, the cotton is hand-quilted along vertical channels for a soft padded weight, then bound with a hand-woven red and white stripe trim. A self-fabric tassel finishes the zip, weighted with our small metal tiger.
The bag for someone who knows that restraint is its own kind of confidence.

Every Rustic Gul bag is printed and stitched by hand, so no two are quite the same. Because this pattern uses a single block and a single colour, the variation here is in the ground itself. The terracotta may run warmer or cooler from piece to piece, deeper in one dye bath and lighter in the next. You may notice a flower sitting a fraction off its grid, or the white resist carrying a slightly softer edge on one side. This is the simplest pattern in the collection and the one where the printer's hand is most visible.

• 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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