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Accursio "Gus" and Francesca Alba of Gloucester with an assortment of tote bags, purses and other wearable items they have woven from plastic bags.
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Accursio "Gus" and Francesca Alba of Gloucester make tote bags, purses and other wearable items out of woven plastic bags and sew a tag into each.
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Accursio "Gus" and Francesca Alba of Gloucester make tote bags, purses and other wearable items out of woven plastic bags. Gus's hands fly as he weaves the bags into a new design, this one in Boston Bruins colors.
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Accursio "Gus" and Francesca Alba of Gloucester make tote bags, purses and other wearable items out of woven plastic bags. Gus's hands fly as he uses skills learned as a fisherman who mended nets to weave the grocery bags into a new design, this one in Boston Bruins colors.
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Accursio "Gus" and Francesca Alba of Gloucester make tote bags, purses and other wearable items out of woven plastic bags. Gus's hands fly as he weaves the bags into a new design, this one in Boston Bruins colors.
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 Accursio "Gus" and Francesca Alba of Gloucester make tote bags, purses and other accessories. Francesca, center, wears one of their tote bags adorned with metallic pieces. With other totes the couple made are their daughters Sandra Sanfilippo, left, and Dianne Jackson.
ALLEGRA BOVERMAN/Staff photo. Gloucester Daily Times. Gloucester: Accursio "Gus" and Francesca Alba of Gloucester make tote bags, purses and bathing suits, like the one featured in this promotional photo, woven from plastic bags.
ALLEGRA BOVERMAN/Staff photo. Gloucester Daily Times. Gloucester: Accursio "Gus" and Francesca Alba of Gloucester make tote bags,  purses and other accessories. Francesca, center, wears one of their tote bags adorned with metallic pieces. With other totes the couple made are their daughters Sandra Sanfilippo, left, and Dianne Jackson.
ALLEGRA BOVERMAN/Staff photo. Gloucester Daily Times. Gloucester: Accursio "Gus" and Francesca Alba of Gloucester, center, make tote bags, hats, purses and other wearable items out of woven plastic bags. They are flanked, from left, their daughter Dianne Jackson, granddaughter Macaella Oliver, 13, and, at far right, daughter Sandra Sanfilippo.
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Accursio "Gus" and Francesca Alba of Gloucester with an assortment of tote bags, purses and other wearable items they have woven from plastic bags.
ALLEGRA BOVERMAN/Staff photo
Accursio "Gus" and Francesca Alba of Gloucester with an assortment of tote bags, purses and other wearable items they have woven from plastic bags.
ALLEGRA BOVERMAN/Staff photo
Accursio "Gus" and Francesca Alba of Gloucester with an assortment of tote bags, purses and other wearable items they have woven from plastic bags.
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