{"product_id":"the-wildflower-basket-hand-embroidered-moroccan-straw-tote","title":"The Wildflower Basket — Hand-Embroidered Moroccan Straw Tote","description":"\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eFive flowers, scattered across the weave the way they'd fall in a field rather than lined up in a row. Each one is six long petals of hot pink cotton stitched flat into the palm, with a brown centre and fine brown stems reaching out between them — so the flowers look like they're growing across the basket rather than sitting on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThat flatness is the difference. Our cactus and pineapple baskets have crocheted appliqués that stand proud of the surface; this embroidery is worked \u003cem\u003einto\u003c\/em\u003e the weave, following the ribbons of palm, so the pattern belongs to the basket instead of decorating it. It's the quieter technique and, on a scattered floral, the right one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe pink is not subtle and isn't trying to be. It's a proper fluorescent — the kind of pink that looks best in full sun against pale straw, which is precisely where this basket is going to spend its life. The same pink wraps the handles along their whole length and runs as a whipstitch around the rim, so the colour frames the basket rather than floating in the middle of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eUnderneath it's a traditional Moroccan market basket: doum palm, the wild palm that grows across the country, cut and sun-dried until it pales to straw, split into ribbons and woven by hand in the tight herringbone that every household here has used for generations. The natural straw is left bare between the flowers, which is what makes the pink land.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe handles are short — a hand or crook-of-the-elbow basket, the way market baskets have always been carried, not a shoulder bag.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThree sizes\u003c\/strong\u003e, so choose by what you'll actually put in it: small for a summer purse or a child's first proper basket; medium for beach days and market mornings; large for towels for two and a bottle of something cold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eOpen at the top and unlined — the traditional construction. It airs out after a damp swimsuit instead of staying wet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWoven and embroidered entirely by hand in Marrakech, so the flowers fall differently on every basket. Yours will have its own arrangement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeatures \u0026amp; Specifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hand-woven doum palm straw (natural, undyed) with cotton embroidery and cotton-wrapped handles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDetail:\u003c\/strong\u003e Five hand-embroidered flowers in fluorescent pink with brown centres and stems, worked flat into the weave\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHandles:\u003c\/strong\u003e Straw core wrapped in pink cotton thread; short hand-carry length. Matching pink whipstitch at the rim\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSizes:\u003c\/strong\u003e Small, Medium and Large \u003cem\u003e(exact dimensions per size — see note below)\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eClosure:\u003c\/strong\u003e Open top, unlined — traditional construction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHandmade:\u003c\/strong\u003e 100% handcrafted in Marrakech, Morocco. Ships directly from our workshop.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOne of a kind:\u003c\/strong\u003e Weave density, exact dimensions and flower placement vary between baskets. Small irregularities are the mark of hand-weaving, not defects.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCare:\u003c\/strong\u003e Keep dry where you can; palm straw is naturally water-resistant but not waterproof. If it gets wet, air dry naturally away from direct heat. Dust with a dry brush. Store loosely stuffed to hold its shape rather than flattened. Spot clean the embroidery gently with a barely damp cloth — do not soak, as bright cotton dyes may run.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA note on colour:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fluorescent dyes are the first to fade in strong sun. Beautiful in it, less durable under it — store the basket out of direct light between uses and the pink will stay vivid for years.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Mogadoro","offers":[{"title":"Small","offer_id":55337930391894,"sku":null,"price":50.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Medium","offer_id":55337930424662,"sku":null,"price":53.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Large","offer_id":55337930457430,"sku":null,"price":55.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0996\/6023\/5094\/files\/Flower_tote_Bag_Mogadoro1.jpg?v=1789212360","url":"https:\/\/www.mogadoro.com\/de\/products\/the-wildflower-basket-hand-embroidered-moroccan-straw-tote","provider":"Mogadoro","version":"1.0","type":"link"}