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Jenney Wren - gorgeous and unique bags and accessories - handmade in England


Beautiful bespoke bags and accessories, all handmade in England from vintage and contemporary fabrics sourced from around the World. 

Colourful and characterful combinations of high-quality outers, linings and handles, many trimmed with pretty ceramic heart-shaped buttons on each handle fixing,  finished with our exclusive laser-etched hardwood Jenney Wren label.

Browse our amazing variety of bags and accessories fashioned from:
  • beautiful contemporary fabrics
  • luxury Liberty velvets
  • up-cycled hop and grain-sacks of yesteryear
  • hand block-printed fabrics by Jenney Wren
  • unusual finds, hand picked whilst on our travels
The inside of our luxury bags feature fine-quality, typically British made linen linings, either complementary to or contrasting with the exterior.


Jenney Wren Block Printing Workshops

We're very excited to announce a number of workshops for 2024 & 2025, where you'll be able to learn the age old process of block printing using hand carved wooden blocks you will immerse yourself into a creative and fun few hours, experimenting with a variety of printing blocks and colours.

Click on the links below to book your place!

Leonardslee Gardens West Sussex

24th November 2024

Click on the link below to book...

https://www.leonardsleegardens.co.uk/all-events/block-printing-workshop


West Dean, Chichester, West Sussex

2nd December 2024

For more information and to book your place, click one the link below...

https://www.westdean.ac.uk/short-courses/s1d33559-traditional-indian-block-printing


2025 Blockprinting Workshops

The Bell, Ticehurst, East Sussex
25th February 2025

Click on the link below to book your place...

https://www.curioushouse.net/courses/p/introduction-to-block-printing-with-jenney-kelly-25th-february-2025


Leonardslee Gardens West Sussex

9th March 2025

Click on the link below to book...

https://www.leonardsleegardens.co.uk/all-events/block-printing-workshop



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Testimonial

"Dear Jenney, Thank you so much for your wonderful workshop. The day just flew by and that was thanks to all the work you put in to make the day successful. Your style of instruction enabled a day of achievement without any pressure. I felt your gentle encouragement so helpful. We had plenty of time and materials on which to practice before tackling our project."  Wendy


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Testimonial

"Thank you very much for a fabulous workshop at Leonardslee last Sunday. It was a really enjoyable morning, my sister and I both felt totally absorbed in the printing process. What a fabulous way to spend a day. The venue was excellent, spacious and comfortable.
I felt very relaxed and free to experiment under your gentle guidance and would love to have another go to try out different combinations of pattern and colour.
It was obvious how much work you had done to set the workshop up, making it easy for everyone to participate throughout the session. Thank you. Hope to work with you again."



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Our bags can be made to order, so if you would like slightly longer handles, an additional pocket or popper, then please email us.


Printing Blocks

Just a few of my collection of hand carved printing blocks, including the larger 'Camden Block' , which you can read about in my blog.

https://www.jenneywren.co.uk/blog/the-camden-block


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The Monogram range are special finds - up-cycled vintage hop or grain sacks bearing initials of the companies that used them.

Take a browse to see if your initials are amongst our collection!

We were absolutely thrilled that one of our Monogrammed hopsack bags featured in the Country Living Magazine.

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Your Choice...

We have a number of original monogrammed grain sacks, which can be made into a bag of your choice - we currently have a large selection of unique monogrammed sacks, all ready to be made into your very own bespoke Shoulder, Tote or Shopper!


Use the Filters - Filter by Category - Custom Made to refine your search


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Bespoke Monogrammed Bags

We can also embroider initials of your choice - drop me an email for more information.

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You can follow our travels & workshops on Instagram  @JenneyWrenUK


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We're delighted and proud to be a member of the Heritage Crafts.

The Heritage Crafts is the advocacy body for traditional heritage crafts. working in partnership with Government and key agencies, it provides a focus for craftspeople, groups, societies and guilds, as well as individuals who care about the loss of traditional crafts skills, and works towards a healthy and sustainable framework for the future.

Block printing is currently on the red list of endangered craft.
Crafts classified as ‘endangered’ are those which currently have sufficient craftspeople to transmit the craft skills to the next generation, but for which there are serious concerns about their ongoing viability. 

You can read more about the Heritage Crafts and how they're working towards safeguarding craft skills and knowledge.

https://heritagecrafts.org.uk

https://themakers.directory/craft-directory-   members/jenneykelly/products/

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India - A Journey of Discovery

We're very excited to be returning to Jaipur & Jodhpur later in the year.

We'll be travelling back to some old and new locations to block print using a traditional Dabu printing technique and hand dyeing silks, velvets and linens with natural dyes. 

follow our adventure on Instagram @JenneyWrenUK

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Dabu printing & naturally dyed silk velvets


Porto

The very popular rose pink, Portuguese wool bag. Also available in amber, teal and poppy red.

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Drawing inspiration from the decorative Portuguese tiles or 'azulejos' in Porto, we thought how lovely it would be to block print onto the wool! Using these beautiful old blue and white ceramic tiles we designed an image suitable for printing, had a block carved in Sanganer and printed the Amber wool in russet orange.
Our little block was such a success, we've printed linen and pashmina shawls in teal and russet orange to match the wool.

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Jenney Wren Out and About


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