market bags

The Royal Bison is coming up and I am submitting an application!

I am an equal mixture of excited and anxious.  I like to wear this stuff...but will anybody else?

You tell me! Here are my hot off the sewing machine market bags. Perfect for filling up with veggies at the Old Strathcona Farmer's Market or sunscreen and kettle corn for Folk Fest.

The front panel of each bag is hand painted and then treated with beeswax (local! from the farmer's market!). The beeswax makes the fabric sturdy, water and dust proof and it smells fantastic!

Small Market Bag

The front of the bag is made with beeswax treated tweed and features a wheat and polka dot motif. There are pleats at the top to add structure

The back is made of rust colored denim (untreated) and features four pleats along the bottom

Oh hey here I am wearing it!

Large Market Bag

The front of the bag features beeswax treated tweed, hand painted with a polka dot motif (this bag will be featured on my arm around town this week...but I will make many many more!)

The front panel also features pleats for structure (and prettyness) and has a button and loop closure on the top!

The back is done in navy denim and features the same four pleats (which I will now call turtle shell pleats). The bag is fully lined in tan tweed. This is my favourite new tote bag pattern!  Oh hey here I am "modelling it" (embroidery hoop by the amazing Jenanne Ferguson)....

COMING SOON!

I have been working on a few more designs including more purse-like designs with pockets and pouches for your treasures inside the purse.

Also look for lace and crochet to be adorning a few market bags. Beeswax and crochet is so much fun, I will be playing with them a lot this week!

xoxoxoxoxo

Kaitlin