I just recently returned from Nova Scotia, a special trip with my sister Sharon, paying tribute to and celebrating the great life of our truly inspirational and dearly missed father, Art Cowie (he was born 76 years ago in Halifax, Nova Scotia) and reconnecting with our mysterious past (our 5x great grandfather is buried in Liverpool, Nova Scotia). This was not a sad journey as our father had a wonderful life but one of discovery, as we really knew very little of our family history - thank goodness for Ancestry.ca.
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| The Cowie Plot, Liverpool Nova Scotia |
We came across this little market in the old Alexander Keith's Brewery in Halifax and within seconds I spotted this little stall selling these fabulous bags that are hand cut and crafted from the reclaimed sails of a Nonsuch, a racing class sailboat with a wishbone shaped boom, local to the Maritimes. My dad loved the ocean, he was in the navy in his youth and spent as much time as he could out on his own boat "At Last". A sail bag, well perfect.
This is from the Sea Dog website
Seadog Bag company, is based in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
Danette Eden, the founder, is a commercial seamstress. It’s her love of designing and creating combined with her talent that Danette has arrived at being the creator of “carrying solutions”…cool bags. Embracing her concern for the environment, her designs were first created using retired sails destined for the landfill. Her choice of material has evolved, always keeping the philosophy of eco-bags in mind. Realizing the diversity of textile she soon realized that many other strong, durable, and appealing materials could also be diverted – used seat belts for straps, etc.
It all started with creating bags using retired sails from vessels which have or still are plying the oceans. Sails are made from Dacron. Dacron is very durable and strong. Dacron is weather-resistant. Dacron is the perfect material for bags. Seadog Bags are now catching admiring glances in the urban streets. Seadog Bags have come a long way baby and are being carried even further on the broad, stylish shoulders of the fashion conscience.
Wicked Clever: making something beautiful, durable and just darn useful out of material destined for the landfill, wicked clever.
Beautiful: splitting up and running barefoot through an old cemetery in the rain trying to beat your sister at finding your ancestor's headstones.
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