Eco Tote Bag Wild Flowers - Small - Ecru Cotton - Fairtrade

Beautiful Eco Tote Bag Ecru embellished with embroidered colorful flowers! Handwoven on a pedal loom with strong unbleached natural cotton. A fair trade and eco-friendly gift for yourself, family, collega's or friends.

The Quetzal Artisan collection Eco Bags is brought to you in collaboration with the fairtrade organization Good Neighbors Guatemala.

The Eco Bags Muun are design and handcrafted by artisan women in small remote villages in Guatemala. Good Neighbors supports these artisans in their production of Ecofriendly textiles. Muun means tenderness in Mayan language.

The making of the bags: 100% natural cotton without bleach or dyes is waved by skillful weavers on a pedal loom to make strong greige fabrics. The fabrics are decorated with embroidered colorful designs by artisan women specialized in embroidery techniques.

By purchasing this Fair-Trade product, you support Mayan women and their families in remote areas in Guatemala.

Specifications:

• Material: 100% natural cotton (handwoven greige fabric)
  • Rio Blanco colorful threads
• Measurements:
  
  • • Tote bag: Wide 35cm wide x high 38cm high
    • Straps: 33 cm long
    • Inside pocket 17 cm wide x 16.5 cm high
• Available in one size
• Fairtrade and Ecofriendly
• 100% Handmade in Guatemala

Care:

• Hand wash in cold water with mild soap.
• Lay flat to dry.

Each handmade eco bag is unique and so the pattern and colors varies with each bag.

Source: Quetzal Artisan

Brand: Quetzal Artisan is a brand that brings handmade and hand-woven products from North, Central and South America to Europe. The goal of Quetzal Artisan is to stimulate fair trade and to give real craftsmanship a stage. Quetzal Artisan has different collections that all try to make the world a bit better in their own way. 

Fair Trade: The wool collection is designed and woven by women in Canada and the Guatemalan textile collection is made by skilled women from Guatemala. The Guatemalan women make beautiful designs that combine traditional and modern and they get paid fair wages for their work, which ensures that they can support their children. 

Environmentally Friendly: For the wool collection Quetzal Artisan uses materials such as bamboo, alpaca wool, and organic cotton, which are spun in the Andes mountains of South America. For the Guatemalan collection, they only use natural materials such as cotton and viscose, and they paint by hand using natural paint products such as tree bark and flowers.