Striped Cotton Shopper - Handmade - Beautiful and Fairtrade

This Striped Cotton Shopper is perfect as shopping bag or beach bag. It is handmade with 100% cotton. The inside is lined with polyester, has a small pocket with zipper and the top closes with a zipper. Now, with free Etui with a value of Euro 9.95! Fairtrade.

These fairtrade Shopper bags are handwoven by the members of a Mayan women cooperative in the Highlands of Guatemala.

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

Specifications:

• Material: 100% cotton
  • Inside 100% polyester
  • Zipper closure
  • small pocket with zipper
• Measures: 54 cm wide x 36 cm high
• Handmade in Guatemala

Care:

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

Each handmade cotton shopper 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.