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Lunch bag is very useful to our kids in school. Lunch bag should be light weight so it's easy to carry for our small kids, it should also can stand alone to prevent the foods and drinks to mess inside. A lunch bag is far different to lunch box when it comes to convenience and food safety. As for my kids, especially my girl, they prefer to bring lunch bag than bag because they could hang it on their shoulders and it is so convenient to bring anywhere, anytime. I collected some facts why using a lunch bag is much more convenient than using a classic lunch box:
Lunch Bag Lunch Box
. easy to carry . noisy box
. light weight . childish like
. tightly closed . opens accidentally
. unbreakable . easily breaks
. fashionable . a lunch box looks like attache case
These maybe are the reasons why my 4 year old, fashionable daughter doesn't want to carry her lunchbox in school. I'm so glad to learn the steps in making a lunch bag for my kids. It's comfortable to carry especially for my daughter who only needs to bring meal alone in school because all of her things are always being left inside the classroom. I understand her why she always wants a lunch bag which is like just a normal but fashionable bag.
I've found making a lunch bag so fun and easy, well of course, everything that I do for my kids is always fun form me. Before proceeding the procedures, you have to prepare all the materials needed to make a bag. In lunch bag tutorial, I used a recycled cloth which is my old used skirt. I prepared these materials with measurement below for the lunch bag pattern.
Materials:
- strap - 2x 30 inches cloth
- ribbon cord - 1 1/2 x 30 inches cloth
- Body (front and back) - 2 pcs. 8x10 inches cloth
- Body (sides) - 2 pcs. 5x10 inches cloth
- pocket - 8x7 inches cloth
- bottom - 8x7 inches cloth
- for designs - different colors of threads
- garter
- stick for inverting the strap and ribbon cord
- sewing machine or stitching kit
- tape measure
- scissor
- marker for drawing designs
Procedure:
- Connect all parts: the front, back, sides and bottom of the bag. Don't forget to attach the pocket when sewing the front part. a garter should already inserted when sewing the pocket to the body.
- Attach the body to the bottom. You can make an inside lining if you want. Just choose a cloth best for it like gina or satin fabrics. The measurement for the lining should be exactly the same as the body of the bag.
- Fold the mouth of the bag at 1/2 inch then sew.
- Prepare the ribbon cord. Simply fold and stitch both ends to the middle. Leave at least one inch for inversion. Revert the cord using a stick and insert in to the folder mouth of the bag.
- Prepare the star by folding and stitching. Revert using a stick and attach it on both sides sides of the bag's mouth.
- For the embroidered design, I used back stitching stroke for the heart and the letters. You can use other strokes you want, I just did the simplest. Choose colorful yarns or threads. On this project, i embroidered my daughter's name "Clavern" to make it personalized.