Coastal & Nautical Series · Vintage L.L. Bean Medium Tote · One of One
Load the boards. Take the coast road. A classic woody wagon rolls across the front panel, stitched big and set low like it just pulled into the last spot at the beach lot. The body is worked in cornflower blue with whitewall tires, the side panels laid in warm honey and walnut thread with every plank and wood grain traced in deep brown. Up top, three surfboards are strapped to the roof rack, cream, cobalt, and cherry red, stacked and ready for whatever the swell brings. It's the car everyone wanted to ride in, windows down, sand on the floor mats, and nobody in a hurry to get home.
Around it, the patches that come back from a long weekend on the bluffs:
A Pelican Bluff Sunset Society badge in navy and gold, pelicans gliding over a setting sun, marked 49
A Lifeguard Service shield with a bright orange rescue can, for the one who always keeps an eye on the water
A round crest with crossed paddles over the waves, edged in sunset orange
A gold wishbone, for luck on the drive out
The details
One of One: this arrangement will not be stitched again
Vintage L.L. Bean medium boat tote in natural canvas with stone gray trim and reinforced handles
Five original embroidered pieces, hand-placed and stitched down in our Charlotte studio
