Trick Rider Goes Barrel Racing Vintage L.L. Bean Boat & Tote · One of One
Hold on to your hat. Or don’t.
A cowgirl on a rearing paint horse, stitched big across the lower front and kicking up like the gate just opened. The horse is worked in white and chestnut with a wild black mane, reins pulled tight, front hooves high in the air. She’s in a red shirt, blue jeans and a yellow neckerchief, sitting a gold-tooled saddle, one hand on the reins and the other waving her hat over her head. It’s the ride everyone in the stands will still be talking about next year.
Above the handle, a red circle crest with a barrel racer at full gallop, making it official: Rodeo Queen, Barrel Racing Champ. Some people enter the competition. Some people retire the title.
Around it, the stuff that collects on a rodeo bag:
A striped saguaro cactus in rust, gold and red, stitched with Lucky at its base, for the long drive between towns
A black 8 ball, because sometimes the luck comes down to a shot at the bar
A cream diamond rider number reading 78, trimmed in red, pinned on for the main event
The details
One of One: this arrangement will not be stitched again
Medium canvas tote in all-navy canvas with a leather buckle tab and leather-wrapped handles
Five original embroidered pieces, hand-placed and stitched down in our Charlotte studio
$1,000
One of One Tote Bags
Each of the totes in this section are one of one. They include new and vintage tote bags.
Every design starts as its own idea — a coastal scene, a hand-drawn crest, a full composition built stitch by stitch. We don't design a tote and run a thousand of them. A Wild Thread tote isn't a SKU. It's a piece.
Some are made once and never again. Others come in small numbered runs — and since every piece is built individually, no two are ever quite identical. Every bag is stocked as-is, ready to take home today. When a run sells out, that piece doesn't come back. What comes back is the next idea.
That's the trade: less flexibility, more soul. Design-your-own still lives online. This line is for the person who walks by a shelf and falls in love with something that already exists.
One of One Totes
Every design starts with its own idea—a coastal theme, a Western-inspired scene, or an entire story built stitch by stitch until it earns its place on the canvas. We don’t design one tote and produce thousands of identical copies. Each piece is thoughtfully created to stand on its own. That’s the whole philosophy.
“Vintage bags, new stories. Every One of One starts somewhere.”
