Rainbow Striped Quilted Tote Bag

In 2023 I collaborated with Natasha Smart of Natasha Smart Textiles, a wet felting specialist, and between us we created a number of tote bags.

This is one of the bags we made from our collaboration.

We came up with the idea for this tote bag as Natasha had a beautiful piece of felt which she had hand felted in the same colours used in this tote bag.  We replicated the colours to make a couple of 'rainbow' tote bags in cotton.  See the final photographs which shows all the bags together.

The outer of this bag has been pieced and quilted into a striking rainbow stripe design.  I added a matching plain grey cotton lining,  large inside zippered pocket (big enough for a mobile phone) in a lovely yellow fabric, and  dark brown leather shouder straps.   I used good quality foam interlining to give the bag great structure.

Approximate dimensions are:

Height 27.5 cms /11" 
Width 33 cms/12 ¾" 
Depth 2.5 cms/1" 
Strap length 31 cms/12¼" (width 2.3 cms/0.91")