~ Coming soon!!
I am intrigued by the challenge of using my woven fabric to create sturdy and beautiful bags. How can I do this…? I have sketches and research. Sewing and quilting friends, and one very dedicated high-end fashion enthusiast, have filled my mental cork board with ideas and possibilities.
I’m currently experimenting with a Log Cabin weaving pattern (see the image of the brown and pink totebags on the loom). This is my first-ever attempt at doubleweave (making two layers of fabric at the same time), and I am connecting the right and left edges as I go, creating one long tube of fabric, which I plan on strategically sewing and cutting into individual totebags.
Next step: Finish this tubular weaving on my 4-shaft loom and make a prototype of the Tubular Totebag.
Suggested use: These woven totebags’ use is up to your imagination! Perhaps use one as a gift bag on a friend’s birthdays. Or, stuff it full of items a new graduate might need and present it on their special day. Don’t want to give the totebag away? That’s okay! You can keep it to carry your phone, wallet, or even shopping.
Materials: 100% cotton.
Dimensions: On the loom measurements: 17″x17.75″ (43.18cm x 45cm).
Handwoven on: 4-Shaft Floor Loom with a 15-dent reed.
Special weaving technique: Tubular doubleweave (inspiration taken from Jennifer Moore’s 2018 revised and expanded text The Weaver’s Studio: Doubleweave).
Care: Hand or machine wash cold with regular or delicate laundry soap ~ air or machine dry on low. Press if desired.
Finishing touches: The body of each bag is woven in one piece, so there is only one seam (on the bottom). Straps are double-woven for extra durability and sewn into the top of the bag. Each bag has a ‘Handwoven by Interlace’ fabric label.
Each item is individually woven and one-of-a kind. Each item’s personality will naturally change over time through loving use and laundering.
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Interlace is a small, woman-owned weaving company, based in Fairbanks, Alaska. All items are individually woven and one-of-a kind, designed to be used and their beauty enjoyed.
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