I’ve been having a blast this week sewing up some new totes. My mom was recently visiting and requested a tote style bag with kind of short but not too short straps, and a sturdy square bottom so it can sit upright when you set it down. I have also been needing a larger bag for day trips, so once she left I hopped upstairs and got to work. I have so many really nice fabrics – vintage, linen, canvas, wool – in smallish quantities that go unused in my usual line of work, so I focused on using those, almost exclusively. The evolution from the first bag to the last was really fun. There’s nothing like sewing freely, without constraints. Sometimes it takes me a bit to shift out of that mode, as I spend a lot of time filling very defined orders, but once I do I can spend from morning until night up there, without hardly a break. These came loosely from the concept of the 2-tone totes from a while back.
I hope to start adding these to the shop this evening. See you soon!
margie oomen
I love each and everyone of them abby.
I have been wanting one of your bags so much.
I think the time is right.
I just need to decide on my favorite.
You have not made the task very easy.
woolbrain
I love your work 🙂 and I had the good fortune to visit your area last week. You do live in a lovely part of the world. We had fun on the sand dunes….I have never seen anything like them before….do you know how all that sand came to be? (just a thought)
Thumbly
I admire your work, Abby. The new totes are fabulous. I think you have a gift as sewer. Ciao!
Valerie
each time you show us one of your new creations, i think it can’t be any better… and yet each time i’m more & more in love with all what you make !
your totes are GORGEOUS !!! hard to choose from all of them !
liane
they all look wonderful! good work, abby.
Ella
the bags are great and you my darling are gorgeous.
The Sister Of
Those are gorgeous! The one with the yellow is my absolute favorite!
natalie
these bags are absolutely wonderful… beautiful in so many ways. i wish i could purchase one RIGHT NOW, but funds are so tight. just know that i hope you sell out! they are just too great!
McKenzie
I love that last one. The strap over the top is such a nice touch. Very practical too!