Beeswax worked into the weave, not sprayed on top

Wipes clean cold in under a minute

Re-wax it in a low oven when it wears thin

$5 flat shipping - free over $99

Beeswax worked into the weave, not sprayed on top

Wipes clean cold in under a minute

Re-wax it in a low oven when it wears thin

$5 flat shipping - free over $99

Beeswax worked into the weave, not sprayed on top

Wipes clean cold in under a minute

Re-wax it in a low oven when it wears thin

$5 flat shipping - free over $99

Beeswax worked into the weave, not sprayed on top

Wipes clean cold in under a minute

Re-wax it in a low oven when it wears thin

$5 flat shipping - free over $99

Beeswax worked into the weave, not sprayed on top

Wipes clean cold in under a minute

Re-wax it in a low oven when it wears thin

$5 flat shipping - free over $99

Beeswax worked into the weave, not sprayed on top

Wipes clean cold in under a minute

Re-wax it in a low oven when it wears thin

$5 flat shipping - free over $99

Beeswax worked into the weave, not sprayed on top

Wipes clean cold in under a minute

Re-wax it in a low oven when it wears thin

$5 flat shipping - free over $99

Beeswax worked into the weave, not sprayed on top

Wipes clean cold in under a minute

Re-wax it in a low oven when it wears thin

$5 flat shipping - free over $99

Beeswax worked into the weave, not sprayed on top

Wipes clean cold in under a minute

Re-wax it in a low oven when it wears thin

$5 flat shipping - free over $99

Beeswax worked into the weave, not sprayed on top

Wipes clean cold in under a minute

Re-wax it in a low oven when it wears thin

$5 flat shipping - free over $99

Eight cloths. One lining.

One bag, eight cloths. Every bag here is cotton lined with food-grade beeswax worked down into the weave — the cloth breathes at the rate bread needs, so the crust stays dry and the crumb keeps its water. What changes is the front: bakery doodles in black ink, wheat ears in green, honeycomb woven in amber, white flowers on sage.

They all take a full bakery loaf, they all wipe clean cold, and none of them go in the machine — hot water melts the wax straight out of the cloth. Pick the one that suits your kitchen rather than the one that claims the most.

Prices shown are per bag. Every design is sold in a set of two or a set of four — two bags save $9.99, four save $29.97, and every set comes with a free e-book.

  • Honeycomb beeswax bread bag — amber bees, wheat and hexagons on cream cotton with a butter-yellow zip band, standing on linen

    Shuts tightest

    A zip across the mouth, or a zip that runs right round the body. This is the setting for a loaf that still has to be worth eating on Wednesday.

    Shop the zip bags 
  • Meadow beeswax bread bag in sage green with white daisies, cream band and black side-release buckles, standing on linen

    Quick to close

    Fold the top over and press one buckle, one-handed, with the other hand still holding the loaf. Five of the eight close this way.

    Shop the buckle bags 
  • Orchard Leaf beeswax bread bag standing on natural linen

    Most open

    A drawstring and nothing else. The loosest thing we make, for a crusty loaf you plan to finish today and would rather not soften.

    Shop Orchard Leaf 
    The bread bag on a kitchen table holding baguettes and a round loaf, showing its size

    WHY EIGHT

    One is always drying.

    That is not a sales line. It is what happens in the first week you own one: you wipe it out after a loaf, hang it open, and while it airs there is nothing on the counter to put the next loaf in. So most people end up with two. That is the reason this range exists, and the reason the bags do not match.

    The bag held open showing the pale beeswax lining inside

    HOW THE WAX WORKS

    In the weave, not on it.

    Food-grade beeswax is worked down between the threads, so the cloth breathes slowly instead of trapping. A plastic bag holds the steam the crust is trying to shed and the crust goes soft; a bread bin does the opposite and pulls the water straight out of the crumb. Look closely at the lining and you can see the wax sitting between the threads, slightly translucent where it is thin.

    Both colours side by side, white and beige

    WHERE THE PATTERNS CAME FROM

    We did not draw these.

    They came with the cloth, from the workshops that print and weave it, and we chose the ones we would want in our own kitchen rather than redrawing them into a house style. We are not going to pretend eight bags are eight inventions. Our name goes on the back, in one colour, where it belongs.

    A bread bin dries it out. A plastic bag sweats.

    Bread does not go stale from air. It goes stale from the wrong air. Here is what changes when the cloth breathes slowly instead of doing one or the other.

      Plastic bag or bread bin
    Lets steam out without drying the crumb
    Crust stays crisp instead of sweating soft
    Wipes clean cold in under a minute
    Re-waxable at home when the lining wears thin
    Folds flat into a drawer between loaves
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