Collection: Mouse Tiger Collection

The Mouse Tiger Collection — Retro Lines, Modern Spirit

The Mouse Tiger Collection is our most graphic print — minimalist tiger silhouettes laid against bold colour blocks, drawn in a style that nods to mid-century Indian textile illustration. The result is a print that feels at once retro and refreshingly contemporary. Where our other prints are heritage and ornate, Mouse Tiger is clean, confident, and a little playful. (Looking for the heritage tiger, the one from the Tibetan rugs? That's the Tibetan Tiger — its story is here.)

Handmade in Rajasthan from soft cotton, quilted with sturdy lining, the collection spans six pieces across our weekender, tote, and travel set ranges.

Where Mouse Tiger came from

Mid-century Indian textile design has a particular look: simplified motifs, geometric backgrounds, confident colour. Designers like K.G. Subramanyan and Riten Mozumdar reimagined traditional Indian iconography through a modernist lens, building textile work that took heritage motifs and stripped them down to their essential silhouette.

Mouse Tiger sits in that tradition. The tiger — a recurring motif in Indian textile and folk art for centuries — is rendered here as a clean silhouette in soft printed ink, laid against muted earth-tone grounds. The proportions are slightly comic, the lines deliberately rough-edged. It's a print that reads "mid-century India" with confidence, without copying any single source.

What's in the collection

The Mouse Tiger Collection includes:

• Mouse Tiger Tote — our everyday cotton tote in the graphic print, sized for laptops, books, and beach days.
• Mouse Tiger Weekender — carry-on sized soft cotton weekender, hand-quilted, the playful tiger silhouette in repeat across the body.
• Mouse Tiger Travel Set — three coordinated nesting pouches (small, medium, large) for cosmetics, jewellery, and toiletries.

All pieces are handmade from natural cotton and lined with cotton inside. The cotton softens with use, the print holds its colour for years, and the irregular hand-print registration is the proof of skilled craft.

Who Mouse Tiger is for

Mouse Tiger suits people who like a print that doesn't take itself too seriously. It's bold without being heavy, graphic without being loud, heritage-inspired without being literal. The collection works particularly well for:

• People who wear mostly neutrals and want a single bold-print bag to anchor their wardrobe
• People who like mid-century or modernist design at home
• People who travel often and want a carry-on with personality
• People buying for a friend who's hard to shop for — Mouse Tiger reads as "interesting" without being precious

Styling guide

Mouse Tiger reads as a tonal neutral when you pair it with cream linen, denim, white tees, or black. The graphic silhouette lifts a plain outfit. Avoid pairing with other bold prints (this is the bag-as-statement approach — let the bag carry the print).

For travel: the Mouse Tiger Weekender + Mouse Tiger Travel Set as a coordinated kit reads like you thought about it. Add a plain cotton tote (one of our cotton totes in cream or stripe) as your personal item and you have a complete three-piece carry-on system. Read more in The Carry-On Guide.

How to care for Mouse Tiger pieces

• Machine wash cool, line dry. Cotton softens with each wash, the print holds.
• Don't tumble dry on high. Shrinks the cotton and stiffens the quilting.
• Iron on low if needed. Avoid direct heat on the printed area.
• Use the hand grips for heavier loads. The long shoulder strap is rated for 2-3 kg.

What to expect from handmade Mouse Tiger

Every piece in the Mouse Tiger Collection is handmade in Rajasthan by our small circle of artisans. Each piece is slightly different from the next. You'll notice:

Slight irregularity in the tiger silhouettes — some lines slightly thicker, some placements slightly off-grid. That's the human hand placing each block by eye.

Small variations in colour saturation — the dye absorbs differently across the cotton, giving each piece its own character.

Soft-edged lines — the dye bleeds half a millimetre into the surrounding weave. Machine printing produces razor-sharp edges; handmade pieces have a softness that machine printing cannot replicate.

Frequently Asked Questions

With Love,
Conscious Yoga Collective

Continue reading: What is Hand-Block-Printing?, Reading the Prints field guide, or The Carry-On Guide.