An Insulated & Laminated Lunch Bag Goes Back To School - Sew4Home. Packing your kids' school lunches is the loving way to go, right?
You can make sure they're full of delicious, nutritious food. According to a recent study, they might also be full of bacteria if that food cannot be kept at the proper temperature once it gets to school. Use our easy tutorial to create your own insulated lunch bag then, as the study suggests, pop in two ice packs instead of one. We used a stylish cotton laminate for the outside fabric, which is available these days in an amazing array of wonderful colors and patterns from a variety of manufacturers. This project requires stitching three rather slippery layers together in 3-D. For more about the Texas University Study about lunch bag safety, you can watch this short clip from NBC's Today Show.
PUL can be a little finicky to work with, but is a great option when you want a thin, lightweight waterproof layer. Contributors Project Design: Alicia Thommas Sample Creation and Instructional Outline: Liz Johnson Storage Solutions. Lunch time! A group of friends and I share a tradition of taking our kids’ teachers lunch during teacher appreciation week.
We tally up the amount of lunches we need, notify our teachers and then gather in the morning to assemble the lunches. One friend makes delicious chicken salad, another brings croissants for the sandwiches, one brings fruit, another makes wonderful pasta salad and another awesome brownies. I take care of the packaging. Last year I made these sacks. This year I made oilcloth lunch sacks. How to make an oil cloth lunch bag I first made a pattern out of cardboard measuring 15 x 12. Take two pieces of oilcloth right sides together and draw around your template. I used pinking shears to cut across the top (very optional- I thought it gave the edge a finished look) Sew down each side and across the bottom.
Fold in bottom of bag bringing bottom seam and side seam together. Tutorial: Lunch Bag. Thank you for encouraging me to write up a tute on this lunch (bento box) bag!
I really like this bag pattern because this bag, measuring approximately 9"(width) x 7 1/2"(hight w/o handles) x 5 1/2" (depth), can be used not only for bento boxes of any kind but also for carrying little crafty projects like yarn + needles. It has a cover inside that can give nice privacy for whatever in there and the cover can also prevent it from getting dusty in a windy day. It is much sturdier and larger than the fabric basket, so if you found that your fabric basket was too small or too floppy as a gift bag, this might be a good alternative..?! As usual, I have tons of images to share each step with you, so bare with me! There you go!! We'll need these pieces of fabric, As usual, all the measurement includes 1/4" seam allowances unless otherwise noted. Then press seam open. I am fusing it onto the wrong side of the outer bag piece. Boxing corners. Then cut off the corner. Now let's move onto the handles.
How to Make a Fabric "Paper Lunch Bag" I stared at a paper lunch bag and mentally used it for a template.
This will yield a slightly larger bag - gotta have room for dessert! I used Ikea upholstery fabric for the two bags on the right. They stand up on their own as opposed to the cotton bag on the left whom I've stuffed with apples for this photo. Cut the following twice (once of inner lining fabric and once of outer fabric): Back (including the fold-over flap) 7 x 12 inchesFront 7 x 8 inches2 Sides 5 x 8 inchesBottom 7 x 5 inches Here are your cut pieces.
Take the back piece and put bias tape around the top three edges (this will be the fold down flap). Sew each piece to the bottom. Good sides together, sew the sides to the front at each edge. Take the top edge and sew bias tape over the raw edge. Now attach the back by sewing the back to the sides. (Wrong side view) Lookin' like a lunch bag, huh? Add some velcro to close. I found the sides gaped a bit, so I added a pleat in each one. Mmmmm... lunch time.