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 About Mopani beans Bags

 If you are going to invest in a handbag I believe you deserve to have one which is totally unique to you, made with beautiful, sustainable materials, handmade to a very high standard, and one that will become a valuable companion on your life’s adventure.

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Vintage Welsh tweeds make the most wonderful, stylish yet practical, hard-wearing bags. Mopani beans bags are made from these high quality, vintage tweed fabrics and clothing that I can't resist collecting them because I am drawn to their colours, textures, composition and history. Through Mopani beans I hope to breathe new life into these textiles by up-cycling them to create unique handbags and accessories. By doing so I also hope to increase awareness and appreciation of this wonderful Welsh textile.

 

I design Mopani beans handbags to be simple and practical yet elegant, and I often take inspiration from Japanese styles. I enjoy working with natural materials of different texture and a palette of earthy colours. Each bag I create is a considered combination of design, vintage tweed and lining (either European linen or organic cotton) to create a statement piece which will last for years and is kind to the environment. Many of my handbags are finished with a wooden button hand carved in mid-Wales. I find hand sewing very meditative and so some Mopani bags are decorated with hand stitched appliqué imaginary floral designs, all worked in pure wool,  

 

I work from home in a fabric-filled shepherd’s hut in the foothills of the Cambrian mountains surrounded by beautiful Welsh countryside and sheep. 

 

Be a follower of slow fashion and carry a Mopani beans bag. All Mopani beans bags are one-of-a-kind, no one else in the world will have a bag just like yours!!

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