Vintage Wicker Revamps 5,4,3.2,1

8/7/2025

I've been busy adding to my collection of wicker bags and baskets for sale, all of which have had a thorough wash and brush up and a new lining added, with pockets where possible and new fastenings if necessary. They'll be coming with me to the Helen Rollason Charity Vintage and Makers Day Out at Cressing Temple on 13th July, should you be free! Or following that will be listed mainly on Folksy with a couple on my website and a couple possibly on Etsy.

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Hello, I'm Ruth Overton. My nickname as a child was 'Ruthie Toots' which is how the name
Toots Totes'
came about!
I come from a family of artists and artisans and the creative gene has resulted in a desire to make stuff. There's nothing I love more, than to sit at my old treadle machine, sewing. It was handed down to me, through the family having been bought by my Grandad for Grandma in the 1930's. (See my blogs about the machine here.)
More recently I have turned my attention to designing and creating bags and 'Toots Totes' began.
I'm going to blog about how ideas for bags come about and how things happen in the sewing room, so join me there if you want to, or bypass this to go to the Shop or the gallery, if you prefer - I won't mind!

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