Nine to Five Lunch Bag (with video)
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The Nine to Five Lunch Bag is a stylish and modern alternative to the usual lunch bag.
Aimed at the intermediate sewer, the Nine to Five Lunch Bag pattern will teach you a range of useful bag making techniques as well as sewing with waterproof fabrics, with plenty of scope to add your own style.
With it’s generous boxy size and optional insulated fleece to keep food and drink warmer or cooler for longer, the Nine to Five Lunch Bag is ideal for storing your lunch, a small picnic for two, baby food and bottles, or even snacks for the family on a day trip.
Features:
- Lightly padded with insulated fleece to keep items cooler or warmer for longer,
- A generous boxy shape to fit large lunch boxes or smaller containers,
- The flap closes with a swivel snap hook and D-ring,
- A deep slip pocket behind the flap for your phone, book, wipes, baby bib,
- A pleated front slip pocket for cutlery, snack bars, napkin etc,
- An elasticated bottle sleeve inside to fit a standard water bottle or reusable coffee cup,
- Option of a carry handle or adjustable shoulder strap.
- Video sewalong tutorial
Sizing info:
9" (23 cm) wide by 11" (28 cm) high by 4" (10 cm) deep.
Skill level:
Intermediate sewer or confident beginner.
A video sewalong tutorial is included for this pattern.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wB7GCX-2xjo&t=637s
Recommended fabrics:
This pattern is designed to be sewn with waterproof fabrics such as laminated cotton which is simply cotton with a polyurethane coating. It's easy to sew, wipe clean, washable and resilient, making it ideal for lunch bags or any item that requires frequent cleaning. It's also more environmentally friendly than traditional oilcloths or PVC coated fabrics minus potentially harmful dyes or chemicals such as lead, BPA or phthalates. Some laminated cottons are also certified as food safe.
You could use other fabrics for the exterior such as canvas, a medium weight cotton or linen, waterproof Oxford, waxed canvas or dry oilskin. If you are using cotton for your bag, the designer suggests adding a layer of fusible medium weight interfacing to the fabric to make it equivalent in weight to laminated cotton. For the lining fabric, consider a fabric that is wipe clean such as laminated cotton or ProCare™ (a food safe fabric) or ordinary cotton.
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Fabrics not recommended for this pattern:
- Stretchy waterproof fabrics such as PUL or Ripstop.
- Iron on vinyl which may separate from fabric.
- Thicker vinyls or leather, unless you have a heavy duty sewing machine.
Materials list:
- Exterior: 0.75 yard/metre laminated cotton (44”/112cm width fabric) or 0.6 yard*/0.5 metre for 56” (147cm) width laminated cotton (* or 0.5 yard if using a non-directional fabric),
- Lining: 0.75 yard/metre laminated cotton (44”/112cm width fabric) or 0.6 yard/0.5 metre for 56” (147cm) width laminated cotton,
- Interfacings: 12”/30cm insulated fleece wadding (45”/114cm width) e.g. Insul-Bright, Pellon Legacy Insul Fleece or if the added insulation is not essential, an ordinary sew-in fleece like Legacy 988 or Thermolam Compressed Fleece Vilene 272,
- Webbing: 1.75 yard/1.6m 1.25” (32mm) wide webbing or 3 yards/metres if planning an adjustable shoulder strap. Note, the webbing can also be 1” (25mm) or 1.5” (38mm) in width - just make sure that the size of hardware below corresponds with the width of the webbing,
- Hardware:
- Two (2) 1.25” (32mm) rectangular rings,
- One (1) 1.25” (32mm) D-ring,
- One (1) 1.25” (32mm) swivel snap hook,
- One (1) 1.25” (32mm) slider (optional for an adjustable shoulder strap),
- One (1) 14” (36cm) narrow elastic, e.g. 0.5” (12.7mm) in width,
- Basic sewing supplies, A sewing machine.
The pattern:
This is a detailed sewing pattern which contains 20 pages of step-by-step instructions, along with 55 colour photos, making it perfect for the visual learner. The video tutorial means you won't put a stitch wrong.
Download:
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Customer Reviews
This pattern for the Insulated Lunch Bag is smaller than I thought. I thought she described it as being able to hold baby bottles but I guess I wasn’t sure what size she was thinking…. I made it for a friend who wanted to use it for taking her lunch to work, so I hope she doesn’t eat much! Then I made a second one (pictured next to the one made from the pattern) in a larger size for myself to use. My domestic Singer Heavy Duty machine had trouble getting through the many layers at the top corners. Broke a “vinyl”needle on this project right out of the gate on those thick seams…
If you can, use thin vinyl because the bulk of the layers was almost impossible to get under the needle. PS the ‘match on fire’ patch is for her …. She is the mother of a firefighter!
