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February 20, 2014
Last week we showed you how we screen print the fabric for our duffel bags in our studio, now we want to give you a glimpse into how we make them up and the materials we use.
After careful cutting out we begin stitching on our industrial machine. Here we're attaching the acrylic canvas band to the bottom of the printed fabric using special thread designed to take the strain that we all put our bags through on a daily basis.
Once the base is sewn on and the centre seam is stitched together, we attach the webbing at the top of the bag and use this traditional hand press to punch holes at measured intervals. We have to get special dyes cut for the machine that match the size of our eyelets to ensure they work together perfectly.
Here's the hole once it's been cut.
Then we change to the dyes that close the eyelet.
The eyelets we use are sourced from a company in England...
...just like our natural cotton webbing and rope.
The finished eyelet!
Once we've completed all the eyelets, we thread the rope through and tie it together using a traditional sailors knot.
And here they all are...large and small. The duffel bag family...
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March 29, 2022
Back in mid January of this year, I went down to London to take part in a two day introductory course into working with Natural Print Pastes and Dyes by the lovely team behind Ceres Studio.
Read onto find out how the course went and the joys of working with natural dyes.
December 02, 2021
October 08, 2021
For three days in October, we'll be hosting our very own pop up shop at Nicolls in the west-end of Glasgow. You'll be able to see and shop our most recent project with Love & Squalor in person as well as pick up some Laura Spring bargains - perfect for Christmas gifts! We've also invited three of our favourite makers to join us on different days - energyPLEASE!, Cecilia Stamp + Hilary Grant...
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