Rachel Elise bags are designed, printed, woven, and stitched
in the mountains of North Carolina.

Our Story

Rachel Elise was founded in 2008 while owner and maker Rachel Elise Aughtry was earning her BFA in Fiber Art at the University of North Texas. Combining the skills from her degree with her life-long love of sewing, she started selling a collection of bags at the neighborhood coffee shop. Many stockists later (including a few more coffee shops!), Rachel prints, weaves, and stitches her line of bags at her studio and retail shop in the quaint mountain town of Mars Hill, North Carolina.

Visit the Studio + Shop!
10 N Main Street
Mars Hill, NC

Store Hours
Wednesday - Saturday
11am to 3pm

The shop carries Rachel Elise products as well as a collection of unique gifts and work from other local artists.