Sanctuary Living — Handcrafted Home Textiles, Cushion Covers & Table Linen

Sanctuary Living is a conscious home textiles studio founded by Ramita Ahlawat. Every printed pattern in the Sanctuary Living collection begins as a hand-painted artwork by the founder, original paintings that are then translated into textile prints, giving the brand a design identity rooted in artistic authorship rather than trend adoption. Combined with small-batch production, natural fabrics, and a considered balance of printed, embroidered, cross-stitched, and textured styles, Sanctuary Living produces home textiles that bring warmth, quiet luxury, and a distinctly handmade sensibility to modern Indian living spaces.

About Sanctuary Living — Art to Textile Design

The defining quality that sets Sanctuary Living apart in India's home textiles market is its design origin: every printed style begins as a hand-painted artwork created by founder Ramita Ahlawat. This is not a common production model. Most textile print studios source patterns from pattern libraries, license existing motifs, or adapt historical designs. Sanctuary Living inverts this: the artwork comes first, the textile follows.

Hand-painting to print translation; means that each printed cushion cover or table runner in the collection carries the mark of an individual creative act. The brushstroke of the original painting survives in the final print as a quality of line that digitally generated or sourced patterns cannot replicate. The colour palette also is particular dusty roses, rhubarb reds, eucalyptus greens, soft blues, deep ochres, and mossy greens that define the Sanctuary Living aesthetic.

The Sanctuary Living Collection : Key Series & Pieces

The Mirage Scallop Series — Embroidered Velvet Cushion Covers

The Mirage Scallop series is the Sanctuary Living collection's most distinctive and design-resolved group with six velvet cushion covers in different colourways, each with a scalloped edge embroidered in a contrasting tone.

• Mirage Scallop Eucalyptus Cushion Cover — Eucalyptus Forest green velvet with a cream scalloped embroidered edge.
• Mirage Scallop Apricot Cushion Cover — Apricot Blush pink velvet with a scalloped edge. The softest and most diffuse of the Mirage Scallop colourways, suited to bedrooms and living rooms seeking warmth without saturation.
• Mirage Scallop Soft Blue Cushion Cover — Dusty blue velvet with an olive green scalloped edge. The combination of soft blue and olive green is a contemporary colour pairing that references both botanical and coastal environments.
• Mirage Scallop Moss Green Cushion Cover — Moss Muted olive green velvet with blue and green embroidered scalloped edge.
• Mirage Scallop Deep Ochre Cushion Cover — Ochre Mustard yellow velvet with a cream scalloped edge.
• Mirage Scallop Rhubarb Cushion Cover — Rhubarb, Rust-brown velvet with a scalloped trim.

The Camellia Cross Stitch Series — Embroidered Floral Cushion Covers

The Camellia series introduces cross-stitch embroidery, one of the oldest and most universally practised needlework techniques, in which X-shaped stitches are arranged on a grid to form patterns and motifs.

• Camellia Rhubarb Cross Stitch Cushion Cover — Dusty rose velvet with beige embroidered floral motif and stitched edge.
• Camellia Teal Cross Stitch Cushion Cover — Teal blue velvet with cream central floral embroidery.
• Camellia Eucalyptus Cross Stitch Cushion Cover — Dark green velvet with beige embroidered camellia and mustard border.
• Camellia Rose Cross Stitch Cushion Cover — Pink velvet with white central floral embroidery.

The Heather Cross Stitch Series — Ruffled & Embroidered Oblong Covers

The Heather series combines cross-stitch decorative floral embroidered panel with contrasting ruffled trim.

• Heather Olive Cross Stitch Oblong Cushion Cover — Olive green with white floral embroidery and dusty blue-grey ruffle.
• Heather Rhubarb Cross Stitch Oblong Cushion Cover — Dusty rose velvet with pink and gold floral stripes and ruffled edge.
• Heather Baby Pink Cross Stitch Oblong Cushion Cover — Dusty pink with embroidered floral patterns and ruffled trim ( the most delicate colourway in the series).

The Glow Velvet Series — Solid Velvet Cushion Covers

The Glow series is the simplest and most versatile grouping in the Sanctuary Living cushion range with solid velvet cushion covers in warm, saturated tones with piped or plain edges.

• Glow Sunset Velvet Cushion Cover — A warm sunset palette velvet cover, the gradient tones of dusk sky translated into a single colour textile.
• Glow Berry Velvet Cushion Cover — A Berry, plum-mauve velvet cover with tan leather piping.
• Glow Apricot Velvet Cushion Cover — A blush apricot velvet with matching piped edge-level price point in the collection and a soft, universally wearable accent — the entry colour.

The Fig & Holly Series — Velvet Pattern Covers

• Fig Rhubarb Velvet Cushion Cover — A Fig-inspired checkered pattern in dark rhubarb red and beige velvet, with tones that reference both the fruit and the traditional woodblock printing of Indian textiles.
• Fig Tan Brown Velvet Cushion Cover — The companion colourway in warm brown and cream velvet checker, the most neutral and versatile piece in the Fig series.
• Holly Rhubarb Striped Oblong Cushion Cover — A lumbar cover in vertically striped velvet in dusty rose and reddish-brown. Holly is a striped oblong design suited to layering with larger sofa cushions.
  

More Beautiful Cushion Covers

• Jasper Ruffle Teal Cushion Cover — A dusty blue velvet centre with olive green ruffled border.
• Ripple Rhubarb Oblong Cushion Cover — A rectangular lumbar cover with a dusty rose and dark brown wavy vertical stripe pattern from the founder's hand-painted artwork.
• Viola Forest Green Cotton Cushion Cover — Viola a cotton cushion cover in forest green for those who prefer the texture and breathability of cotton over velvet.
• Linea Ruffle Amber Cotton Cushion Cover — A ruffled cotton cover in an amber tone. Linea, meaning “line” in Italian, is defined by its clean, linear ruffle trim.
• Rosalia Amber Linen Oblong Cushion Cover — A linen lumbar cover in amber. Linen the most breathable and moisture-wicking natural textile fibre, valued for the quality of its surface texture and the way it softens with wash and use.
• Rosalia Dusty Rose Linen Oblong Cushion Cover — The dusty rose colourway of the Rosalia linen series.
• Sofia Forest Green Embroidered Cotton Cushion Cover — A Sofia cotton cushion cover in forest green with embroidered detail.
• Fiora Ivory Linen Lumbar Cushion Cover — A Fiora linen lumbar cover in ivory. The most neutral and universally compatible piece in the cushion range, suited to any sofa or bed composition.

Table Runners

The Sanctuary Living table runner range is the clearest expression of the founder's artwork-to-textile process — the Rosabelle Chintz and Valley and Mirage series all carry printed patterns. It introduces colour, pattern, and material into the dining room composition without the commitment of a full tablecloth.

• Valley Rose Linen Table Runner — A linen table runner in a rose-toned valley floral print translated from the founder's hand-painted artwork.
• Valley Peach Linen Table Runner — The peach colourway of the Valley series — the warmest and most seasonally versatile tone in the group.
• Powder Blue Linen Table Runner — A linen runner in powder blue, a clean, minimal linen runner suited to dining rooms where a quiet colour accent is preferred over pattern.
• Checker Blue Linen Table Runner — A check-pattern linen runner in blue, the most traditional and graphic pattern in the Sanctuary Living table runner range.
• Mirage Pistachio Linen Table Runner — The Mirage print in a pistachio green palette — one of the most design-forward colourways in the table runner range.
• Mirage Sand Linen Table Runner — The Mirage print in sand, the most neutral and widely compatible colourway in the Mirage table runner series.
• Rosabelle Chintz Olive Table Runner — The Rosabelle Chintz series is a direct reference to this Indian textile heritage, bringing the chintz print vocabulary into a contemporary linen table runner.
• Rosabelle Chintz Ochre Table Runner — The ochre colourway of the Rosabelle Chintz series.
• Rosabelle Chintz Teal Table Runner — The teal colourway, the most vivid and festive of the Rosabelle Chintz series, suited to Diwali table compositions and contemporary dining rooms seeking a strong colour statement.
• Poppy Ochre Table Runner — A poppy print in ochre that carries a warm, autumnal quality.

Table Covers

• Valley Rose Linen Table Cover — The Valley Rose print as a full table cover, the most complete festive or everyday dining table textile from the Sanctuary Living collection.
• Valley Peach Linen Table Cover — The Valley Peach in table cover format.
• Eden Rose Linen Table Cover — Eden table cover whose rose print references the garden as the original model of cultivated beauty.
• Linea Ruffle Amber Cotton Table Cover — The Linea Ruffle in amber cotton as a full table cover.
• Linea Ruffle Dusty Rose Cotton Table Cover — The dusty rose colourway of the Linea Ruffle table cover.
• Viola Ruffle Forest Green Cotton Table Cover — Forest green cotton with a ruffle trim, the most grounded and botanical colourway in the table cover range.
• Viola Ruffle Carmine Cotton Table Cover — Carmine, the most festive and vivid table cover in the Sanctuary Living range.

Table Napkins & Accessories

• Mosaic Blush Cotton Table Napkins (Set of 6) — Six cotton table napkins in a mosaic blush pattern. A complete set of six allows for a full dining table of four to six covers.
• Mosaic Sand Cotton Table Napkins (Set of 6) — Six cotton napkins in the sand colourway, the most neutral and widely applicable colour in the Mosaic series.
• Sand Velvet Napkin Rings (Set of 4) — Four velvet napkin rings in sand, the finishing touch to a Sanctuary Living table composition, pairing the ring's velvet texture with the linen napkin's natural weave.
• Rhubarb Velvet Napkin Rings (Set of 4) — The rhubarb colourway, the most colour-forward napkin ring option for a festive or autumnal table.

The Sanctuary Living Colour Vocabulary

The Sanctuary Living palette is one of the most immediately recognisable and consistent in India's home textiles market. Rather than following seasonal colour trend cycles, the palette is derived directly from Ramita Ahlawat's painting practice, which means it carries the internal logic of an artist's colour language rather than the external logic of trend forecasting.

The primary palette: Rhubarb (deep red-brown, the dominant warm tone), Eucalyptus (silvery blue-green), Dusty Rose (warm, desaturated pink), Ochre (deep golden yellow), Teal (blue-green), Moss Green (organic deep green), Apricot (soft warm peach), Forest Green (saturated botanical green), Sand and Ivory (neutral anchors).

These are not trend colours. They are the colours of specific natural objects named precisely for their source.

Textile Techniques in the Sanctuary Living Collection

Print from original artwork. The foundation technique of the brand: Ramita Ahlawat's hand-painted compositions are digitised and translated into textile prints. The quality of the brushstroke survives in the print as a texture quality that distinguishes these prints from patterns generated algorithmically or sourced from pattern libraries.

Cross-stitch embroidery. Used in the Camellia and Heather series: an X-shaped stitch worked on a fabric ground to form patterns. Cross-stitch is a counted embroidery technique, each stitch is placed on a specific intersection of the fabric's weave structure, requiring the embroiderer to count threads and maintain consistent stitch tension across the piece.

Scallop edge embroidery. Used in the Mirage Scallop series: the arc-shaped decorative edge is individually shaped and embroidered, requiring skilled finishing work on each piece to maintain the scallop's consistent curve and proportion.

Ruffle trim. Used in the Linea, Viola, Heather, and Jasper series: a gathered strip of fabric sewn along the outer edge of the cushion cover or table textile to create a dimensional, decorative border.

Natural fabrics. Across the collection: cotton, linen and velvet. The use of natural fibres produces textiles that breathe, absorb moisture, and improve in hand-feel with washing, qualities that synthetic alternatives cannot replicate.

Sanctuary Living as Gifting

The breadth of room applications makes the Sanctuary Living range one of the most versatile gifting categories at The Living Influence:

Housewarming. A Mirage Scallop velvet cushion cover, a Rosabelle Chintz table runner, or a set of Mosaic cotton napkins presents as a considered, design-led housewarming gift at accessible price points.

Festive gifting. The Rosabelle Chintz Teal Table Runner, the Viola Ruffle Carmine Table Cover, and the Rhubarb Velvet Napkin Rings are the collection's most festive-palette pieces, perfect unique Diwali gift for loved ones.

Personal gifting. A cushion cover or linen oblong in the recipient's known colour preference, the format that makes a personal, tasteful gift at every budget level in the collection.

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