Our story

In 2007, on my honeymoon in Jaipur, I bought a hand‑stitched blue and white block‑printed quilt and squeezed it into my backpack to bring home. Nearly twenty years later, it’s still on my bed. It has travelled with us, been washed countless times, been wrapped around babies, provided snug winter warmth, and become a crawling training ground and a summer picnic rug. It has become part of our family’s story.

I’ve wanted to share pieces like that ever since.

But of course, life had other plans. I brought up my four children, built a busy career, and we all navigated a pandemic. In spring 2026, my daughter Alice - now 19 (the first baby crawling on that quilt!) - came with me back to Jaipur. We brought along sketches, ideas and a question: could we still find artisans who lived and breathed that old‑school craft and cared about executional quality as much as we did?

We found them. Today we work with small family workshops where skills have been passed from one generation to the next. Block printers carve each pattern by hand into cedar blocks. Fabrics are printed one layer at a time by incredibly skilled artisans. Quilts are stitched slowly, jackets are carefully finished and checked, and every single piece is made with the kind of craftsmanship that’s become increasingly rare.

We don’t follow fast fashion or trends. We choose prints and create pieces because we’d wear them ourselves, throw them over our own beds or pack them for a weekend away. If a piece doesn’t earn a place in our own lives, it doesn’t become part of The Amber Hour.

Our hope is that these become the things you’ll reach for year after year. The quilt that’s always on the sofa. The wash bag set that travels everywhere with you and just feels lovely to use and look at. The jacket you chuck over jeans that your friends always ask about. The pyjamas you look forward to putting on.

Thank you for being here.

Lottie & Alice