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Personalised Tote Bag
Personalised Tote Bag
Personalised Tote Bag
Personalised Tote Bag
Personalised Tote Bag
Personalised Tote Bag
Personalised Tote Bag
Personalised Tote Bag
Personalised Tote Bag
Personalised Tote Bag
Personalised Tote Bag
Personalised Tote Bag

Personalised Tote Bag

£30.00

Choose your own embroidery design and colourways, and add personalised embroidery, to create a unique tote bag!

Reversible tote bag, handmade from 100% cotton handloom fabric, hand-dyed using Oeko-Tex Passport-certified dyes, lined with upcycled ‘deadstock’ cotton fabric from the Bangladeshi garments industry, and embroidered with empowerment by a mother in Bangladesh.

Dimensions: 48cm x 42cm

Our embroidery designs are named after our favourite parts of North-West Bangladesh.

Our bespoke colour palette is named after the mothers who make our products and their children. 

The tote bag comes presented in a re-usable cotton drawstring bag, hand-crafted from a vintage sari offcut, with a packaging insert explaining Khushi Kantha’s social enterprise mission and story – so it works perfectly as a gift!

Machine washable

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The label hand-stitched into the bag features the geo-coordinates of the village in North-West Bangladesh where it’s made, the hand-embroidered name of the mother who made it, and the product’s unique number.

Every purchase comes with a unique story attached – and creates an opportunity for a mother in Bangladesh to provide for her children with dignity.

 

HOW IT'S MADE:

Our handmade textile rework the Bengali 'kantha' tradition of repurposing old cotton saris into ultra-soft blankets, in order to meet global safety standards, while retaining its circular principles.

Rather than using secondhand saris, we've partnered with a GOTS-certified Bangladeshi garments factory to breathe new life into what's known as 'deadstock cotton fabric, by upcycling it as the inside layers of our products. The outside layers are made from traditional handloom fabric, which is hand-woven, and then hand-dyed to our custom colour palette using Oeko-Tek Eco passport-certified dyes.

CARE INSTRUCTIONS:

Our products have all been pre-washed multiple times, to ensure the fabric doesn't shrink and the colours don't run.

Protect the environment: Gentle wash at 30 degrees, with similar colours. Do not tumble dry or dry clean.

Khushi Kantha means “happy blanket” in Bengali – a fitting name for the social enterprise behind these beautifully vibrant baby blankets that do good. 

The brand was set up to create sustainable employment for women in Bangladesh, after founder Laura was gifted a bundle of traditional, hand-stitched kantha blankets for her newborn half-Bangladeshi twins. The brand’s artisans are a community of mothers in the village of Rajarampur in north-west Bangladesh.

Khushi Kantha has four key values driving their ethical business. Resilience ensures the blankets are designed to last, instilled with the strength of the mothers who make them. Regeneration centres breathing new life into everything they do, from upcycling materials to regenerating local communities. 

Re-envisaging community means the team is always thinking up ways to use collaborative power to build better futures for everyone. And lastly, Khushi Kantha is all about reframing the narrative. They champion “made in Bangladesh” as a statement of pride through their blankets, which show off exquisite local craftsmanship. 

The distinctive, high-quality blankets are a handy addition to any new parent’s baby bag, coming to the rescue in all kinds of scenarios. They can double up as a make-shift changing mat, a pram liner, playmat, breastfeeding cover or sunshade. 

Each Khushi Kantha blanket arrives in a reusable cotton drawstring bag, handcrafted from a vintage sari off-cut, together with a photo and story about its maker. Follow in the Bangladeshi tradition of gifting one to the parents-to-be in your life.