(dated October 2011)written by Pamela Pilon of Bibmababy Online (ETSY, FACEBOOK)
Appeared in Home Grown, Parenting in the North Magazine (ISSUE 4)
Back in October, I released a tutorial for a Toddler Size Trick or Treat Bag, perfect for Halloween treats! Why not look at this bag from a different angle,... choose a different fabric and you've easily got yourself a great lunch bag, something to replace your purse, a wet bag for your pool swimwear, oh even just a toy bag to carry your child's favourite things to daycare!
PREPARATION TIME
Approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes
WHAT YOU NEED
- ½ meter for outside (quilter’s cotton)
- ½ meter for lining (quilter’s cotton)
- ¼ meter Fusible Fleece
- Fabric pencil
- Ruler
- Rotary cutter and mat or scissors
- Sewing machine and coordinating thread
CUTTING YOUR MATERIAL
- Exterior Print - Cut 2 rectangles 12 inches x 15 inches
- Lining - Cut 2 rectangles, 12 inches x 15 inches
- Straps - Cut 2 rectangles, 5 inches x 17 inches of print or lining
- - Cut 4 strips, 1 inch by 16.5 inches of fusible fleece
ASSEMBLING the EXTERIOR of the BAG
* Unless otherwise noted, all seams are a ¼ inch allowance.
1. Sew around the sides and bottom of the exterior print. Backstitch at both ends. (Note: Zigzag stitch both seam flaps if you want durability.)
2. Press side seams open.
CREATING BOX CORNERS
3. Measure 2 inches by 2 inches on the bottom corners of your bag. Mark a dot at the point where the measurements intersect. Do this on both sides of the bottom of the bag. This should leave you with 4 dots.
4. Put your hand in the bag at the corner and pinch the side and bottom seams together.
5. Line up your side and bottom seam into a triangle.
6. Pin at 2 inches from the corner.
7. Stitch a straight line. Backstitch at both ends.
8. Trim the excess.
9. Repeat this process on the other corner of the bag.
ASSEMBLING the LINING
10. Repeat Steps 1-2 with ONE EXCEPTION. When sewing around the sides, leave a 5 inch opening at the bottom to allow you to turn your bag inside out after sewing the bag and lining together.
11. Repeat the Box Corners (Steps 3-9) for the Lining.
BAG ASSEMBLY
12. Turn the lining inside out and stuff into your print bag.
(The print bag should still be wrong side out.)
The right sides of the fabrics should be facing each other.
13. Match the side seams and edges together.
Pin and sew with a ½ inch seam allowance around the entire top of the bag.
14. Turn the bag right side out through the 5 inch gap you left at the bottom of the lining.
15. Topstitch the hole closed.
16. Insert the Lining back into the back, iron the bag mouth and topstitch ½ inch from the edge.
MAKING THE STRAPS
17. Take your 5 inch x 17 inch pieces and iron ¼ inch edge on both ends.
18. Fold the strap in half lengthwise.
Iron flat to create a crease in the middle.
19. Open the strap, and fold each raw side to meet at the middle crease. 
Iron Flat.
20. Open the fold and place 2 strips of the fusible fleece, placing one on each side of the crease.
21. Refold at the crease, hiding the strips of Fusible Fleece.
22. Iron as per instructions on your package of Fusible Fleece.
23. Refold at the crease to hide raw edges and sew on all sides at 1/8 inch.
24. Repeat steps 17-23 to make another strap.
25. Attach one end of each strap to the bag at 2 inches from each side and 2 inches down (this will meet cleanly with the box corners).
Choose which directions the handles will be facing at the point.
26. Sew the strap onto the bag using a box pattern and then sewing an “X” in the middle of the box for strength.
27. Do the same for all 4 sides.
You can find all these tutorials and other great articles in Homegrown, Parenting in the North (FACEBOOK, WEB, ISSUE).
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