Made a large tote bag. This is perfect for grocery shopping. Square shape at base and it can hold a lot of items. It has a wide opening and very easy to place grocery items into this bag. The small loop (Blue elastic band. See the 4th photo from top) is quite useful to hook the bag onto the stand at the supermarket checkout. I added a cover button on the other side of the bag so that the loop can be hooked to this button to close the bag, too.
(Materials: 100% Cotton)
About 'Arrow-feather' pattern:
The pattern called Yamane 矢羽 (arrow-feather) or Yagasuri 矢飛白, 矢絣 (arrow-splash pattern) represents the fletching on an arrow and it has been popular in Japan since the Heian era. Originally yabane was used on men's clothing, because it reminds of archery, but since the Meiji era it has been used as schoolgirls dress (remember Haikarasan ga tooru?). Yabane has an auspicious association with weddings, since like an arrow shot from a bow a bride does not return to her parents' house. Yabane is also loosely associated with hamaya, the "demon quelling" arrows sold as good luck charms at shrines at New Years and the broken off fletching of an arrow is widely regarded as a charm for repelling bad luck. Click HERE to read more details on 'Arrow feathers' pattern.大きなトートバッグを縫いました。底が正方形で物が沢山入るし、口が大きく開くので、食料の買い出しに重宝します。輪っか（ブルーのゴム紐。上から４番目の写真）部分は、スーパーのセルフレジで、スタンド金具に引っ掛けて使います。袋の口を大きく開けた状態を保てるので物を入れやすいのです。くるみボタンが、輪っか部分の反対側についてるので、歩く時にバッグの口を閉められます。（マテリアル：コットン１００％）
