Absolutely! (not) I wish they did. I get this question a lot, and try to stop foks before they smell my handbags to try to find that wonderful coffee aroma. Unfortunately for all the coffee lovers out there, they ship the coffee  beans green, or unroasted. I know this since I find some in every bag that I cut open, trapped in the seams and corners.

Many do not realize how big these bags are before the sewing magic happens. They hold 150 lbs of coffee beans. Think about how light those little beans are! That's a lot of java.

These front and back views of a bag show some great graphics and lettering. I love the back and how it looks like they couldn't decide on the year :) I wonder if that makes it rare! (I digress)  Obviously the front of this bag is truly amazing, so I grabbed the scissors and got busy. I know it looks a little funky all cut up, but Shhhhh just go with it. After some intense ironing and sewing it will all work out. Wondering what I do with my scrap burlap? Well, if they are super duper scrappy and I can't really make them into anything else, they go into a bag and I break them out in the spring to line my flower beds in the yard. For this bag I had a few of those little scraps, and also the entire back of the bag! The big pieces that I can still use get stored in the sweatshop. Ok, so it is a little messy. I've had to rummage around in there a lot lately for some custom orders...
With our burlap dealt with, we need some lining for our bag (right) and I have to say that I was VERY tempted to leave the "wrong side" showing for the lining. (that would be the purple background) It wouldn't be the first time I've done that. But the outside didn't have the right colors to justify that, so I went with the black background "right" side.

See there? I told you with a little ironing and sewing those pleats would be A-OK.  The "right side" lining turned out nice also!

Our country starting converting from these cotton bags to plastic bags post World War II until they were totally phased out in the 1960's. So to find any now, that means someone actually stored them and didn't throw them out or leave the in the barn to be destroyed by critters. On top of that, women used to go through some crazy, multi-level process to remove the ink from the bags so they could be used to make clothing for the family, curtains, etc.
I had to have my own, and lucky for me I found one in my favorite color green.

Gorgeous, right?? I'm ready to leave the house and sport this immediately. Check back with me as I find more vintage bags to work with :)