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Cross-Stitch Pencil Case

This modern pencil case is designed to keep your sunglasses, pencils (although not full pencils - please check length), chargers and other every day necessities in one convenient place. Handmade from organic cotton, this charming pouch features a gold-tone zipper accented with tiny cross-stitch detailing against a fun, colorful background.

PRODUCT DETAILS:

  • Size: 7"h x 3.5"w
  • Materials: 1 Layer of 100% GOTS Certified Organic Cotton
  • Care: Spot Clean Only

Made by an artisan in Ajmer, India, this product is Fair Trade Verified and features a hand-stitched signature of the maker.

With backgrounds in design, sisters Colleen and Maggie Clines lead the organization by placing design and collaboration at the center of Anchal’s practice. 

It all started in a design studio. Colleen Clines was taking a graduate seminar at the Rhode Island School of Design that took her on a trip to India in 2009. Through local leadership, Colleen was introduced to the exploitive world of the commercial sex trade and the lack of opportunity for women in the community. It was in this moment she was inspired to design more than beautiful landscapes, she was determined to collaborate with the NGO using design.

“We felt compelled to take the project beyond the classroom with the conviction that our design training, in collaboration with local leadership, could address seemingly intractable social and environmental systems. The women we met became our sisters, sisters we had to fight for.”  - Colleen Clines, Co-Founder & CEO