Sailcloth bags are starting to pop-up in all sorts of places. Kevin Sharkey, Martha Stewart’s duke-of-decorating, wrote about how he’s in love with them. Selectism and Retro To Go fell in love with what they saw in a museum gift shop in London. And Drew and I have been keen on them for a while. We got our own sailcloth bag at Rugby (but designed by Sea Bags) a couple years ago. Sometimes we use it for trips to the beach, but mostly it makes a great accessory in our blue guest room.
I love them for their graphic simplicity, bright colors on crisp white and durability. You can find a sailcloth bag out there for almost any use — or just as a great piece to hang on the wall as art. They’re easy to find and inexpensive.
Where to find them
- London’s National Maritime Museum has duffel and hip bags made of sailcloth.
- William J Mills & Co. has totes, flight bags, duffels, and office bags — and they make them in a large range of bright colors.
- Second Wind Sails sells totes, courier bags, duffels, messenger bags, all of which can be customized with different graphics. As a bonus, they also have a great selection of pillows.
- Sea Bags sells totes of three sizes, with a range of graphic designs.
- Reiter8 has totes and pillows (and luggage tags!) available directly and through Etsy.
Click to see more sailcloth bags from these merchants…
I’m super keen on the sailcloth bags (and pillows!) and went a bit overboard with the gallery below:
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Nice collection of sailcloth bags… I thought you want to check out ours too. They aren’t like any of these that you’ve mentioned, because we use a different type of sailcloth, but the idea is the same. Strong. Simple. Awesome. And we have an Etsy shop too: raggededgegear.etsy.com
Meredith:
So sorry I haven’t replied until now. You’ve got great stuff. And you raise an important point, that sailcloth bags need not fall into a nautical theme. I need to take a closer look at your product when i have a free hour or so — it definitely got me excited to dig deeper.
Best,
david@moderndestiny.com
Please check out my products also. I have been doing this since 2005, and have expanded to patio umbrellas and clothing.
Our patio umbrella was on Curb Appeal and in Men’s Life magazine.
Thanks.
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