Waves & Wild Cool Time Lunch Bag

Buy the Cool Time Lunch Bag sewing pattern from Waves & Wild. Ready to carry your lunch in style? This pattern includes options for two different lunch bags. The larger bag, which has a zipper and internal bottle pocket, is an intermediate sew. The smaller bag has a Velcro fastening and is suitable for advanced beginners.

This sewing pattern is available to buy in the following formats:

– PDF (available to download immediately after purchase). What is a PDF?

– PDF pattern + Printed A0 copy shop (We print out the A0 pattern sheets, but you’ll need to download the digital instructions, as we don’t print these. The PDF files will be emailed immediately after purchase, and the A0 pattern sheets will be dispatched next working day). What is Copy Shop?

Suggested fabrics: 

Outer fabric: Medium – heavy weight woven fabrics are required. Canvas, twill and denim are good choices. Lighter fabrics such as quilting cotton can be used but will need interfacing. You can also use water resistant fabrics such as PUL, ripstop or laminated cotton to make a wipe-clean bag.

Lining fabric: Light – medium weight waterproof fabric such as PUL or thin nylon raincoat fabric.

Fabric requirements: 

Yardage is based on a bag with all pockets/options. If you are making a plain bag, you may need less. If you wish to pattern match/fussy cut, you will need more.

Outer fabric: 115 cm (44″) wide fabric: Large bag, 40 cm (1/2 yd) // Small bag, 80 cm (7/8 yd).

Lining fabric: 115 cm (44″) wide fabric: Large bag, 40 cm (1/2 yd) // Small bag, 80 cm (7/8 yd).

Sizing:

The large bag measures approx. 25 cm x 19 cm x 10 cm (10″ x 7 1/2″ x 4″).

The small bag measures approx. 22 cm x 15 cm x 9 cm (8 1/2″ x 6″ x 3 1/2″).

Notions: Fastening: 38 cm (15″) closed zip for large bag (chunky zips work best) or 18 cm (7″) of 30-40 mm (1 1/8″- 1 1/2″) wide sew-on hook and loop tape (Velcro) for small bag // Optional insulating layer: 40 cm (1/2 yd) of insulating fabric // Strap: 25 mm (1″) or 30 mm (1 1/4″) or 38 mm (1 1/2″) nylon/polypropylene strap, 90 cm (1 yd) for large bag or 23 cm (9″) for small bag // Binding (large bag only): 180 cm (2 yd) of 12 mm (1/2″) double fold bias binding // Twill tape (large bag only): 14 cm (5 1/2″) of 20 mm (3/4″) twill tape or ribbon/cord/similar // Elastic (for bottle pocket in large bag only): 12 cm (4 3/4″) of 12 mm (1/2″) or 10 mm (3/8″) elastic // Interfacing: a minimum of 2.5 cm (1″) medium interfacing for large bag. Depending on your fabric choice you may wish to interface all outer pieces.

PDF pattern includes: Instructions; A4/legal/letter print-at-home pattern (5 pages for small bag, 6 pages for large bag); A0 copy shop pattern (1 sheet); projector pattern.

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