#5WomenWriters Embroidered Quotes.
These #5womenwriters Oversized Bags were made with a lot of love. It took me several months to gather the perfect materials that I visioned for this series. First, I traveled to San Francisco to buy the upholstery fabrics at my favorite fabric store in the Mission district. Each quote is hand embroidered and embellished with vintage ribbons and laces, making them unique and unrepeatable designs. The linen inside was carefully thought out and made for each bag with different colors. The tags are always the last thing to add since I hand-sew them as a special touch. Finally, the Women Writers who inspired these Bags are the true muses of the Serie. About two years ago, I ran into an Instagram book club account dedicated to promoting writers. This specific post was in January, and it said that the report, in general, posted a few women writers, so he decided to dedicate that month to promoting women writers. So, since there is an initiative for #5womenartists, I launched #5womenwriters. And that's how the Instagram account @feminist_bookshelf was born using that #, which ultimately inspired this Limited Edition of 5 Women Writers Embroidered Quotes Oversized Bags. I chose these quotes because they're fierce, and they were written with unapologetic force by these remarkable women writers:
Bag 1: Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on April 4, 1928. She became one of the most acclaimed and influential voices of our time. With over 50 honorary doctorate degrees, Dr. Maya Angelou was an illustrious poet, memoirist, educator, dramatist, producer, actress, historian, filmmaker, and civil rights activist.
"I am a woman phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, that's me."
Bag 2: Audre Lorde
Self-described as "black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet," Audre Lorde was born on February 18, 1934, in New York City. Writer, feminist, womanist, librarian, and civil rights activist Audre Lorde expressed through her poems and prose civil rights issues, feminism, and the exploration of black female identity.
"I am deliberate and afraid of nothing."
Bag 3: Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) was a novelist and folklorist and one of the leaders of the literary renaissance movement in Harlem. Zora wrote about racial struggles in the early 20th-century American South and published research on Haitian voodoo. She published novels and more than 50 short stories, plays, and essays. In 1931, Zora sought to publish the story of Cudjo Lewis, the final slave-ship survivor; instead, it was stored until this year when it was finally published.
"I love myself when I am laughing and then again when I look mean and impressive."
Bag 4: Anais Nin
Born Angela Anaïs Juana Antolini Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell (1903 – 1977), was a French-American diarist, essayist, novelist, and writer of short stories and erotica. She lived her early years in Spain and Cuba, and at age 16, she moved to Paris. The last half of her life in the United States. In 1976, Anais was awarded a Los Angeles Times Woman of the Year award.
"Life shrinks or expands in proportions to one's courage."
Bag 5: Ayn Rand.
Born Alissa Zinovievna Rosenbaum (1905 – 1982), in Russia. Ayn was a novelist, philosopher, playwright, and screenwriter. In 1926, she moved to the United States. The publication of her blockbuster novels gave her fame and the rise and fall of the cult that worshipped her in the 1950s and 1960s.
"The question isn't who will let me. The question is who will stop me".
Here is the creative making process in pictures of the #5WomenWriters Embroidered Quotes Oversized Bags Limited Edition:
Bag 1: Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on April 4, 1928. She became one of the most acclaimed and influential voices of our time. With over 50 honorary doctorate degrees, Dr. Maya Angelou was an illustrious poet, memoirist, educator, dramatist, producer, actress, historian, filmmaker, and civil rights activist.
"I am a woman phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, that's me."
Bag 2: Audre Lorde
Self-described as "black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet," Audre Lorde was born on February 18, 1934, in New York City. Writer, feminist, womanist, librarian, and civil rights activist Audre Lorde expressed through her poems and prose civil rights issues, feminism, and the exploration of black female identity.
"I am deliberate and afraid of nothing."
Bag 3: Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) was a novelist and folklorist and one of the leaders of the literary renaissance movement in Harlem. Zora wrote about racial struggles in the early 20th-century American South and published research on Haitian voodoo. She published novels and more than 50 short stories, plays, and essays. In 1931, Zora sought to publish the story of Cudjo Lewis, the final slave-ship survivor; instead, it was stored until this year when it was finally published.
"I love myself when I am laughing and then again when I look mean and impressive."
Bag 4: Anais Nin
Born Angela Anaïs Juana Antolini Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell (1903 – 1977), was a French-American diarist, essayist, novelist, and writer of short stories and erotica. She lived her early years in Spain and Cuba, and at age 16, she moved to Paris. The last half of her life in the United States. In 1976, Anais was awarded a Los Angeles Times Woman of the Year award.
"Life shrinks or expands in proportions to one's courage."
Bag 5: Ayn Rand.
Born Alissa Zinovievna Rosenbaum (1905 – 1982), in Russia. Ayn was a novelist, philosopher, playwright, and screenwriter. In 1926, she moved to the United States. The publication of her blockbuster novels gave her fame and the rise and fall of the cult that worshipped her in the 1950s and 1960s.
"The question isn't who will let me. The question is who will stop me".
Here is the creative making process in pictures of the #5WomenWriters Embroidered Quotes Oversized Bags Limited Edition:
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| "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." ~ Annis Nïn ~ |
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| "I'm a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, that's me." ~ Maya Angelou ~ |
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| "I am deliberate and afraid of nothing." ~ Audre Lorde ~ |
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| "I love myself when I am laughing. . . and then again when I am looking mean and impressive." ~ Zora Neale Hurston ~ |
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| The question isn't who is going to let me. The question is, who is going to stop me." ~ Ayn Rand ~ |
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