{"product_id":"vivs-hippie-bus-weekender","title":"Viv's Hand-Quilted Camper Van Weekender","description":"\u003cstyle\u003e@import url('https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Poppins:wght@300;400;500;600;700\u0026display=swap'); .prod-wrapper { font-family: 'Poppins', -apple-system, sans-serif !important; max-width: 900px !important; margin: 0 auto !important; padding: 0 !important; color: #1d1a16 !important; line-height: 1.7 !important; box-sizing: border-box !important; } .prod-wrapper * { box-sizing: border-box !important; } .prod-hero { background: linear-gradient(135deg, #26201a 0%, #3d332a 100%) !important; border-radius: 14px !important; padding: 38px 32px !important; text-align: center !important; margin: 0 0 26px !important; } .prod-hero .prod-icon { font-size: 40px !important; line-height: 1 !important; margin: 0 0 14px !important; } .prod-hero h2 { font-size: 27px !important; font-weight: 700 !important; margin: 0 0 10px !important; line-height: 1.3 !important; letter-spacing: -0.3px !important; 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Forty-four years at the same window. This is her final collection — her hands can no longer hold the stitch steady.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-story\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"quote\"\u003e“I didn’t design it. I put my own van on a bag because I wanted to look at it. It died in Kandahar in 1975 and I’ve been stitching it from one faded photograph ever since.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"who\"\u003e— Viv Kershaw, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"prod-h3\"\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-includes\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tile\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ic\"\u003e💼\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eThe Weekender\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne hand-quilted holdall in your chosen design\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tile\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ic\"\u003e🏷\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eNumbered Tag\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHand-written, stitched into the inner pocket\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tile\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ic\"\u003e📜\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eViv’s Note\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA short card on where the van came from\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tile\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ic\"\u003e📦\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003ePlain Packaging\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePacked and posted by Nell from the workroom\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"prod-h3\"\u003eSix things a machine can’t do\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-features\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"card\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ic\"\u003e🧵\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eThe Kantha Stitch\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe whole shell is quilted by hand with the running stitch a woman taught her in a Delhi market in 1975. Twelve hours a bag. No machine quilting anywhere in it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"card\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ic\"\u003e🚐\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eThe Herat Van\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCut by hand from offcuts and sewn on piece by piece, drawn from one photograph taken in Afghanistan in 1974. Never traced, never digitised.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"card\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ic\"\u003e🎨\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eThe Bagru Palette\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eColours carried home from seventeen months on the road — the indigo pits at Bagru, the mirrorwork on Chicken Street. Layered, not printed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"card\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ic\"\u003e💪\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eThe Long-Grip Handle\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePadding runs the entire length of the grip instead of stopping at the join — exactly where a cheap handle starts cutting into your hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"card\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ic\"\u003e📦\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003ePadded By Stitching\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe body gets its structure from the quilting itself, not a foam insert. Substantial in the hand, never stiff, holds shape when packed full.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"card\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ic\"\u003e📝\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eThe Kershaw Ledger\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery bag numbered by hand and written into the notebook she started in 1982 at 001. The collection runs out at 7,900. There is no 7,901.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-expert\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"q\" style=\"color:#ffffff !important;\"\u003e“Hand-quilting at this density has effectively left British commercial production. What Viv Kershaw does is a running stitch worked right through three layers, by hand, at roughly eleven stitches to the inch — the same construction that keeps two-hundred-year-old kantha pieces intact in museum collections. It is slow, it cannot be mechanised at this quality, and there are very few people left doing it to this standard.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"n\" style=\"color:#c9832a !important;\"\u003e— Dr Alison Pennington, Textile Historian, Pennine Textile Archive\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"prod-h3\"\u003eFive designs — not five colourways\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-colors\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"chips\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"chip\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"dot\" style=\"background:#e0533b !important;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eFlower Power Caravan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"chip\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"dot\" style=\"background:#e89a8c !important;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eSunset Strummer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"chip\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"dot\" style=\"background:#c9832a !important;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eStay Wild Forest\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"chip\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"dot\" style=\"background:#7fa8c4 !important;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eCoastal Surfer Camper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"chip\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"dot\" style=\"background:#e5b8c4 !important;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eCherry Blossom Glamping\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"prod-h3\"\u003eWhat people actually use it for\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-perfect\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"tags\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"tag\"\u003e🚉 Weekends away\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"tag\"\u003e🚅 Train travel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"tag\"\u003e✈ Cabin bag\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"tag\"\u003e🏖 Cottage breaks\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"tag\"\u003e🏖 Coast and country\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"tag\"\u003e🎁 A present that lands\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"tag\"\u003e👨 Overnight hospital bag\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"tag\"\u003e🏋 Kit bag\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"prod-h3\"\u003eWhy it outlasts the shop-bought version\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-list\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e✓ Twelve hours of handwork.\u003c\/strong\u003e Cut, quilted, appliqued and finished by one pair of hands at one window.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e✓ Proven at twenty-two years.\u003c\/strong\u003e A bag bought in Ilkley in 2004 is on its second owner and still goes to the Hebrides every summer. One replacement zip slider in all that time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e✓ No two identical.\u003c\/strong\u003e A peace sign a millimetre left, a sunflower slightly larger. That is the evidence a person made it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e✓ Cotton and polyester batting.\u003c\/strong\u003e Stable structure, soft hand, keeps its shape packed full.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e✓ Wraparound zip.\u003c\/strong\u003e Opens wide so you pack the bag rather than fight it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-guarantee\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ic\" style=\"color:#c9832a !important;\"\u003e🛡\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"color:#ffffff !important;\"\u003e90-Day Money-Back Guarantee\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color:#e8e0d4 !important;\"\u003eViv’s condition, and she was firm about it: if it isn’t right for you, send it back within ninety days and we’ll find somebody it is right for. She’d rather it was out there being used.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-note\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA word on handmade.\u003c\/strong\u003e These are not factory pieces. Placement of the van, the wheels and the sunflowers shifts slightly from bag to bag, and the quilting lines are not machine-regular. Small variation is the point, not a fault. \u003cstrong\u003eThis is a final collection\u003c\/strong\u003e — when the shelves on Hangingroyd Lane are clear, there is no restock.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"prod-h3\"\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"prod-specs\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"k\"\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"v\"\u003eCotton outer and lining, polyester batting\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"k\"\u003eConstruction\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"v\"\u003eHand-quilted running stitch throughout, hand-cut applique\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"k\"\u003eDesigns\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"v\"\u003eFive: Flower Power Caravan, Sunset Strummer, Stay Wild Forest, Coastal Surfer Camper, Cherry Blossom Glamping\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"k\"\u003eDimensions\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"v\"\u003e45 × 23 × 25 cm (roughly 18 × 9 × 10 in)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"k\"\u003eCapacity\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"v\"\u003eAbout 22 litres — a weekend of clothes, a wash bag, a book and a water bottle\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"k\"\u003eWeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"v\"\u003e820 g empty\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"k\"\u003eOpening\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"v\"\u003eWraparound zip, padded fabric handles\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"k\"\u003eCabin bag\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"v\"\u003eWithin allowance for most UK short-haul — check your airline\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"k\"\u003eCare\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"v\"\u003eSponge with cool water and mild soap, dry flat out of direct sun. Do not machine wash.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"k\"\u003eMade by\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"v\"\u003eViv Kershaw, Hangingroyd Lane, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"k\"\u003eMade since\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"v\"\u003e1982 — 7,900 bags in the ledger\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Handmade by Viv Kershaw","offers":[{"title":"Flower Power Caravan","offer_id":59255688102236,"sku":"BG-VIV-CAMPER-FLOWERPOWER","price":47.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Sunset Strummer","offer_id":59255698981212,"sku":"BG-VIV-CAMPER-SUNSETSTRUMMER","price":47.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Stay Wild Forest","offer_id":59255699013980,"sku":"BG-VIV-CAMPER-STAYWILD","price":47.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Coastal Surfer Camper","offer_id":59255699046748,"sku":"BG-VIV-CAMPER-COASTALSURFER","price":47.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Cherry Blossom Glamping","offer_id":59255699079516,"sku":"BG-VIV-CAMPER-CHERRYBLOSSOM","price":47.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0903\/4081\/9292\/files\/bg-viv-gal-01.jpg?v=1790195139","url":"https:\/\/backroad-goods.com\/products\/vivs-hippie-bus-weekender","provider":"BACKROAD GOODS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}