Canvas & Tote Bags · MOQ 500 pcs
Our 10oz cotton canvas tote carrying a festive pattern printed to your artwork — multi-colour screen print, gold or silver foil, embroidery or spot UV, each quoted as its own line. The family band is $0.40–1.20 at 500 pcs.
Colourways
Overview
Composition and palette first, because that is what the programme is bought for. The three colours that carry most Christmas ranges are a deep spruce green, a cranberry red and a warm ivory, and they work in two ways: as a repeating field (snowflake, pine sprig, tartan or a gift-wrap pattern printed edge to edge with your mark reversed out), or as a quieter body with one chest mark and a foil or embroidered motif. A border print along the top edge is the third route and the cheapest of the three to hold to register on a sewn bag. Whichever you choose, the pattern is printed to your die line, so tell us the body size before you finalise the repeat — a repeat that is set for the wrong width is a new screen, not an adjustment.
The economics are worth stating plainly. The cloth, not the artwork, still dominates the unit price: a 10oz body costs several times a 6oz promotional blank whatever is printed on it, so do not shrink the pattern to save money, specify the fabric. What the festive artwork does add is set-up — one screen per colour, a foil die if there is metal in the design, a digitised stitch file if there is embroidery — and all of it is amortised across the run. Festive multi-colour decoration is set up per colour and per artwork, so the run starts at 500 pcs per design and the set-up is amortised across it — the more you order, the lower the unit price. December is the busiest month in the factory calendar, so the order window matters more than the price: artwork approved in early August for sea freight, or early October if the goods fly.
Specification
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Fabric | 10oz cotton canvas, approx. 340 gsm; 12oz heavyweight and dyed canvas available |
| Size | Cut to your dimensions — common festive brief 320×380mm to 380×420mm |
| Handles | Self-fabric, cotton webbing or rope, on a reinforced top fold with bar-tack stitching |
| Festive print | Screen print up to six colours; dark-dyed bodies need a white underprint, quoted on the artwork |
| Finishes | Gold or silver foil, embroidery, spot UV or a printed belly band — each quoted as its own line |
| Packing | Folded to your carton spec; poly-bag and carton marking on request |
| MOQ | 500 pcs per design, per festive artwork |
| Lead time | 15–20 days after sample approval, before transit |
| Order window | Artwork approved by early August for sea freight; early October for air |
Variants
A snowflake, pine or tartan field printed across the whole body. The most festive read and the most demanding to hold to register, because every panel is a separate print position. Best on a body with a flat front panel rather than deep gussets.
One piece of artwork, one or two screens and one foil die. The lowest-cost way to look like a festive range, and the route most corporate programmes take. Foil is priced by stamped area, not by the number of logos.
A smaller body for a single product — a candle, a jar, a boxed set — used at the till rather than carried to the car. Lower cloth cost per piece, and it packs into fewer cartons.
A larger body with a longer handle drop for multi-item sets and Christmas market trade. Adds fabric and sewing, so it is quoted on the artwork rather than off a price list.
Materials
| Option | What it means |
|---|---|
| 10oz natural canvas | Water-based ink sits on the cloth rather than on a transfer film, so ivory and light tones stay clean. The safest route for a full festive palette. |
| 10oz dyed canvas | Deep green, cranberry and navy bodies need a white underprint before the festive colours. One extra pass, quoted as its own line, and worth it when the body colour is part of the design. |
| 12oz heavyweight canvas | A heavier body for a bag the customer genuinely keeps. Adds fabric cost and carton volume; the print set-up is unchanged. |
| Recycled or organic cotton options | Available against your specification. Ask for the current certificate for the exact fabric you are buying rather than for the factory as a whole. |
Best for
A December bag handed over at the till turns a single item into a present and gets carried in public for the rest of the month.
One artwork per department or region, printed on the same body, packed and shipped to a list. Annual reorder, same screens.
The one month of the year a subscription bag is kept rather than reused for groceries, which is exactly why the pattern earns its set-up.
Retailers and market traders buy festive totes by the hundred for the season and often reorder mid-season, so keep the screens on file.
Sizing
| Dimension | Guidance |
|---|---|
| Body | Start from the product: a boxed set needs a body about 2cm larger all round than the box, and a bag carried at the till can be smaller than one carried home. |
| Gusset | A bottom gusset lets the bag stand on a counter; side and bottom gussets give depth for a boxed product. Each extra panel is fabric and sewing, quoted separately. |
| Handle drop | 180–250mm for shoulder carry, 90–120mm for a hand-held festive bag. Rope handles take a wider top fold than webbing. |
| Pattern scale | Set the repeat from the finished body width before the screens are made. Changing the repeat afterwards is a new set of screens, not an edit. |
Free quote
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FAQ
The two questions every festive buyer asks, answered before you ask them.
Keep looking
The spring version of the same cotton tote, built for egg hunts, gift-with-purchase offers and spring retail floors. Pastel and botanical artwork prints cleanly on natural 10oz canvas; a small chest mark, a botanical repeat or a block-colour body all work. Decorated runs start at 500 pcs per design because each colour and each die is set up once, and repeat orders reuse them free.
An autumn version of our standard printed tote, aimed at the US gifting season and at food, farm and grocery brands that sell through it. Warm mid-tone palettes print with fewer colours than a Christmas range, which keeps the set-up down, and the same body can be reordered for the rest of the year. Decorated runs start at 500 pcs per design; screens and dies are kept, so reorders skip the set-up.
The default printed tote: 10oz cotton canvas, sized to your product, with the handle and print method chosen around how much weight it has to carry. This is the spec most brand retail and event programmes land on, and the point in the range where the extra fabric starts buying something a customer can feel.
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