Category: Handbags

Sweet little bag with basic instructions
by Tania Romualdo

Range of bags and pouches by Lakshytta Gupta made using strips cut and woven from used Tetrapaks, using 1:8 ratio windmill loop.

by Lois Walpole
The paper strips are each wrapped with polythene before plaiting, , the strap is from an old camera and the button is a key from a defunct laptop.

The apple basket was the first recycled tetra pak I ever saw and it made a big impression on me. Lois talks about working with tetra pak – part of a larger post about teaching students.

Bag designs by Miriam Mitsuko Utsumi. The simple shapes are very striking.

Baskets decorated with what looks like thin ribbon.
By Sora Products, women’s group from the Phillipines

Windmill Knot weave with plaited handles.
Video by DIY art and CRAFT

I include these examples because it looks like the maker had a lot of fun. I love the pictures of the child in a basket, illustrating how strong the baskets are. First example I’ve seen of a backpack and a lantern.
Made by ‘Bags from Milk boxes’, Thailand

Beautiful designs and professionally finished. This maker has a good eye for design. The first time I have come across this ‘made to order’ process for these bags. I was struck by how the woven pieces look like printed fabrics.
By Kaktadai, Thailand

A woman who runs a coffee kiosk in Sisaket province, Thailand is weaving coffee sachets into bags and selling them in her kiosk for extra income. It makes sense! like the square design.
Video by Thairath

Video in Thai. Children being taught to weave coffee sachet bags. Presumably they are trimmed and finished by adults.
Video – Spring news

Abridged post showing bags made by elderly group. Another variation on attaching handles.
NTUC Health Active Ageing Hub

I was interested to learn that this enterprise gathered too much tetra pak to be used for handicrafts and had to find another way of recycling it. Another example of coffee sachets with crocheted edges.
Aunty Bee, Koh Lanta Noi and Yai, Thailand

The first company I have come across to use Windmill Loop weaving to promote their product – it displays the logo well.
Organo

‘Loop-di-loop’ handmade bag for life. Love the name. Made from non-recyclable coffee and drinks sachets by a social enterprise.
Clear Community, Indonesia

Recycling Coffee Bags in Indonesia. Instructions from Eleven Green Club, a Girl’s Club in Bangung.

Lovely handbag design with attractive pattern.
by DIY family in Taiwan