Red Poppies Tote Bag — Large Ukrainian Folk Art Canvas Tote

The Red Poppies Tote Bag by PrintMyVibe is a large natural cotton canvas tote carrying a piece of folk art: three open red poppies and one closed bud on fine black stems with dark leaves, set beside a vertical border of red-and-black cross-stitch – eight-pointed stars, stacked diamonds and little crosses – in the style of Ukrainian vyshyvanka embroidery.

The poppy has been stitched onto Ukrainian shirts, towels and pillowcases for generations, and red with black is one of the oldest colour pairings in that tradition. The design keeps both: the petals are drawn with fine thread-like lines so they read like satin stitch, and the border is built square by square like counted cross-stitch. It is made for anyone with that heritage, anyone who grew up with an embroidered rushnyk on the wall, and anyone who simply loves red flowers on cream canvas.

It is also a genuinely useful bag. This is our larger blank – 40cm tall by 38cm wide with a 30cm handle drop, against the 30 x 36cm of most of our totes – so a 13-inch laptop, a notebook, a water bottle, your phone, wallet and sunglasses all go in at once, and the longer handles clear a winter coat on the shoulder. Groceries, the market on Bloor, the library, a day out: it carries all of it.

About our printing: This is a print, not embroidery. The artwork is drawn to look like stitching and pressed into the canvas, so there is no plastic panel to crack, nothing to peel at the fold and no threads to snag. Each bag is printed by hand in our North York studio and inspected before it ships.

Made to gift, made to match: pairs with our Sunflower and Butterfly totes for the botanical set, and with the Culture Community Canada tee for someone who wears their roots. We also do fully custom totes – your own artwork, a name in Cyrillic or a family pattern – just ask.

• 40cm (15.7in) tall x 38cm (15.0in) wide, 30cm (11.8in) handle drop
• 100% cotton canvas in natural undyed colour
• Printed on the front, plain on the back
• Reusable, hand washable
• Printed and shipped from Toronto – 1-3 business days
• Local GTA delivery or Canada-wide shipping
• Care: hand wash in cold water only when the bag is properly dirty, do not machine wash or tumble dry, hang to dry, iron on low heat inside out and never directly on the print. Natural cotton canvas can shrink if washed hot, so keep the water cold

Made with love in Toronto by PrintMyVibe – small studio, real people, bags that last.