WEFTAVA is an integrated handwoven bag atelier located in Dongguan, a long-established bag and accessory manufacturing cluster in South China. We bridge the tactile heritage of artisanal basketry with the rigorous dimensional repeatability demanded by international fashion houses.
Company-wide headcount includes leadership, management and production teams.
Unlike sourcing agents or trading brokers, WEFTAVA directly operates its own handwoven bag workshop. Our craftspeople are trained in legacy plaiting, multi-strand braiding, and tight crochet knotting.
Every bag is woven by hand, while structural reinforcements—such as interior cotton twill linings, reinforced PU handle anchors, and precision metal zips—are completed in-house using heavy-gauge industrial sewing machines. This integration guarantees consistent tolerances across batch runs of 100 to 5,000 pieces.
We decline unrealistic commercial claims: we do not promise overnight turnaround on complex manual crafts, nor do we employ unverified environmental certificates. We simply operate a disciplined workshop producing genuine handwoven goods to verified buyer specifications.
A transparent walkthrough of our workshop workflow, detailing the actual physical touchpoints that each piece undergoes.
Natural raffia, cotton cord, and spun paper cords are unbundled upon arrival. Our team screens raw strands for tensile strength, fibre condition equilibrium, and absence of foreign fibers. Batches failing fiber uniformity thresholds are rejected immediately.
Yarns are dyed in temperature-monitored dye baths precisely formulated to brand your colour card. After dyeing, fibres are dried rather than irregular outdoor drying, ensuring uniform pigment lock without UV fading or water marks.
Master artisans weave bag bodies following technical paper patterns. Weaving proceeds according to traditional crochet and braiding rhythms, controlling knot tension so that the finished piece retains both structural resilience and comfortable flexibility.
Woven shells are aligned to master shape forms. Stray fibers are carefully trimmed, edge bindings are turned and secured, and structural symmetry is calibrated against master millimeter blueprints.
Every single finished bag undergoes individual inspection. Inspectors verify dimensional tolerances (length, width, height, handle drop), inspect lining cleanliness and zipper fluidity, and apply mechanical pull-tests to handle anchor points.
Approved items are enclosed in breathable protective covers to shield fibers from abrasive rubbing. They are packed into reinforced 5-ply export corrugate cartons with calculated box density to avoid crushing during maritime container transit.
Your order is handled by the same Dongguan team from pattern development to export. Responsibilities are separated so technical, production, quality and logistics questions reach the right person.
Pattern & Development
Paper patterns, prototypes and material matching.
Weaving & Production
Handweaving, forming and trimming through the six stages above.
Quality Control
Piece-by-piece inspection and pre-shipment random inspection.
Export & Order Coordination
Carton labelling, shipping documents and tracking.
We welcome independent brand designers, quality directors, and sourcing managers to visit our Dongguan workshop to inspect weaving lines, examine material archives, and review in-progress sampling.
To ensure key master patternmakers and engineering heads are available, please email your delegation details at least 2 weeks in advance.
• Advance booking: 14 days notice
• Workshop Hours: Mon–Fri 09:30–17:00
• Location: Houjie Town, Dongguan
• Transit: 45 min from Shenzhen / 60 min from Guangzhou
WEFTAVA is an in-house handwoven bag workshop in Houjie Town, Dongguan, China, developing and producing custom bags for independent labels, retailers and importers.
4 Houjie Avenue East, Houjie Town, Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China.
Material and cord sourcing, dyeing to your colour card, hand weaving, assembly and trim joinery, pre-shipment quality inspection, and packing and dispatch.
Yes, by appointment with two weeks' notice.