The very first tote bag was designed and made on August 22, 2009. I thought about what I wanted it to look like, drew it out on some graph paper with some approximate dimensions for the fabric pieces, and then as I started sewing, I figured out how it needed to be put together exactly in order for it to come together perfectly. And as it was finished, the first tote bag was born. I made another shortly afterwards, and then life happened. I didn’t pick up sewing again until late December 2021. The fun adventure of fabric shopping, and creating again got the creative juices flowing. I added an internal cell phone pocket to the tote, made the shoulder straps a bit wider, and used much more vibrant and fun prints, and what you see here is the evolution of that very first tote bag (you can check our Instagram for a post about the very first tote bag, including a couple of pictures, @nampabespoketotes).