How to Care for your Tweed bag in Wet Weather

Help, my bag is made of Tweed!

All the new collection tweed designs in my range, have prompted quite a few customers to ask me about care for their bags in wet, wintery condidtions. Don’t be worried – just take a few precautions and your bag will stay looking as good as new!

If your bag is a pure wool tweed, like one of my Johnstons of Elgin tweed designs (right), remember that this is a fabric that is made for the outdoors!

Johnstons of Elgin make fabulous tweeds which are often used to make jackets and coats – designed to be worn outside (in Scotland, where it is known to rain….and snow!). So if your tweed bag gets wet, just bring it indoors and let it dry out naturally – like you would with a tweed jacket or coat.

Fashion Tweed

This season, I have also introduced some fashion tweeds, like this one (left), from Lochcarron Mill in the borders of Scotland. This tweed has wool, mohair and cotton in the design. The cotton content could make your bag stay wet a little longer than the all-wool tweed but follow the same instructions – dry out naturally at room temperature and it will stay as good as new.

No Heating!

Do NOT try and speed up the drying of your bag on a radiator or in the airing cupboard. Just let it dry naturally at room temperature, it won’t take long! Heat could make the wool shrink a little, and then your bag won’t look the same anymore.

What about the Leather?

Don’t worry about the leather! If it gets wet, it will also dry out naturally at room temperature. The leather trim that I use on my tweed bags, is a soft grainy calf leather which shouldn’t get marked by a little shower or two!

Mud!

Oh, no….your lovely tweed bag has MUD on it!

In order to solve this problem, first, I have to say – please don’t chuck your bag into the footwell of your car, with your muddy boots. People do – I know!….Why????? Your bag is the holder for all your precious belongings like your money and your credit cards etc. Look after it and keep it on the seat next to you. The dog can go in the footwell!

Anyway, if your bag did get mud on it, here is a solution: Let it dry out naturally (see above) and then, take a clean dry brush – like an old toothbrush or nail brush, and brush the dry mud off the fabric. Hopefully the mud will just disappear.

If you have tried other solutions to care for your bag, I’d love to hear about them!

 

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How to Care for your Tweed bag in Wet Weather

Help, my bag is made of Tweed!

All the new collection tweed designs in my range, have prompted quite a few customers to ask me about care for their bags in wet, wintery condidtions. Don’t be worried – just take a few precautions and your bag will stay looking as good as new!

If your bag is a pure wool tweed, like one of my Johnstons of Elgin tweed designs (right), remember that this is a fabric that is made for the outdoors!

Johnstons of Elgin make fabulous tweeds which are often used to make jackets and coats – designed to be worn outside (in Scotland, where it is known to rain….and snow!). So if your tweed bag gets wet, just bring it indoors and let it dry out naturally – like you would with a tweed jacket or coat.

Fashion Tweed

This season, I have also introduced some fashion tweeds, like this one (left), from Lochcarron Mill in the borders of Scotland. This tweed has wool, mohair and cotton in the design. The cotton content could make your bag stay wet a little longer than the all-wool tweed but follow the same instructions – dry out naturally at room temperature and it will stay as good as new.

No Heating!

Do NOT try and speed up the drying of your bag on a radiator or in the airing cupboard. Just let it dry naturally at room temperature, it won’t take long! Heat could make the wool shrink a little, and then your bag won’t look the same anymore.

What about the Leather?

Don’t worry about the leather! If it gets wet, it will also dry out naturally at room temperature. The leather trim that I use on my tweed bags, is a soft grainy calf leather which shouldn’t get marked by a little shower or two!

Mud!

Oh, no….your lovely tweed bag has MUD on it!

In order to solve this problem, first, I have to say – please don’t chuck your bag into the footwell of your car, with your muddy boots. People do – I know!….Why????? Your bag is the holder for all your precious belongings like your money and your credit cards etc. Look after it and keep it on the seat next to you. The dog can go in the footwell!

Anyway, if your bag did get mud on it, here is a solution: Let it dry out naturally (see above) and then, take a clean dry brush – like an old toothbrush or nail brush, and brush the dry mud off the fabric. Hopefully the mud will just disappear.

If you have tried other solutions to care for your bag, I’d love to hear about them!

 

To receive our FREE newsletter, with details of our latest special offers, new collections and exclusive events, simply click here! I respect your privacy & will never share your information with anyone.

Sorry, comments are closed for this post.