Handbag Mustard - Upcycled Fabric - Fashionable & Fairtrade

This Handbag Mustard handwoven of upcycled t-shirt fabric (fabric leftovers) is beautiful and unique! It has a braided genuine leather strap and a pom pom hand-dyed with natural dyes extracted form plants.

This handbag is skillfuly handmade by women artisans in the highlands of Guatemala. These artisan are members of the fair-trade coperatieve Wakami.

Product features:

• Material:
  • 100% upcycled t-shirt fabric
  • 100% genuine leather braided straps
  • 100% cotton pom pom hand-dyed with natural dyes
• Afmetingen:
  • Bag Diameter: 20cm
  • High: 17 cm
  • Handels: 1.20 cm long
• Colors: Mustard
• Handmade in Guatemala
• Eco-friendly and fair-trade

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.