Canvas bags & project totes
The collection includes waxed-canvas day bags and project totes alongside printed pouches.
Check the individual bag’s measurements and fabric-care guidance; collection availability varies.
Explore the collectionA maker to know · Small-run textile goods
bookhou
Toronto, Ontario
Canvas bags, textile work and craft books from a multidisciplinary Toronto studio.
Arounna Khounnoraj and John Booth founded bookhou in 2002. Their shop combines handmade bags and home objects with books and sewing tools.
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Arounna Khounnoraj & John Booth
Co-founders
The official story names both founders and describes their complementary textile, furniture and art practices.
The story & the craft.
Arounna Khounnoraj and John Booth started bookhou in 2002, bringing different disciplines to a Toronto studio. Khounnoraj's bags, home goods and textile art sit alongside Booth's work with form, painting and furniture. The bag collection includes waxed-canvas day bags and project totes, offering a practical way to explore the studio's own textile work.
The books-and-tools collection asks a different buying question: it combines printed craft books and sewing tools with separately listed patterns. Check physical versus digital format before treating a listing as a book or object. A bag comparison starts with dimensions, closure and fabric care; a project resource starts with its format and contents. The studio describes its own work as made in downtown Toronto, which does not establish where every book or third-party tool was produced. Use the official contact form for the studio's work or an order.
What they make & offer.
Craft books & sewing tools
Printed books on handmade home projects and embroidery sit alongside needles and other sewing tools.
The same collection also includes sewing patterns; verify physical versus digital format before purchasing.
Explore the collectionBefore you buy or go.
Some pouches and books were marked sold out when checked. The shop displays USD in the reviewed pages, so confirm checkout currency, shipping and the exact item’s dimensions. Return shipping is the buyer’s responsibility under the reviewed policy.
The Canadian connection.
A Toronto studio with explicitly named founders and a maker statement that its own work is made there. This does not establish Canadian manufacture for every book or tool sold in the shop.
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