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. Cut a 2 1/2 inch square out of each bottom corner.
Take two pieces of oilcloth right sides together and draw around your template. Cut out. I used small clothes pins to hold the pieces together.
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. I used a stitch length of 5 and 1/4 inch seams on the entire bag. My machine handled the oilcloth beautifully, but If you have any troubles, Sew Mama Sew has a wonderful article on sewing with oilcloth.
Fold in bottom of bag bringing bottom seam and side seam together
Pin bag bottom to bag side with clips
Sew across on each side
Turn bag right side out and fold in top of bag about 1/2″ and then top stitch
Measure about 2 1/2 inches from middle side seam on all four corners, finger press, clip with clothes pins
Top-stitch closely to the corner fold on each of the four sides
Finished!
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I know this link was from a while ago, but can you tell me how much fabric I would need for this? I am having my mother-in-law make it but not sure how much fabric to tell her. I am assuming not a whole lot, but think 1 yard is too little?
Thank you!!!
I made this lunch bag for my husband. He loves Batman so I chose Batman fabric and I also added some velcro so he will be able to keep it closed while also using the velcro as a handle. I hope that makes sense!
Again, thank you!
Emilie
http://freshjuniper.blogspot.com/2012/08/50-lunch-totes-and-bags-with-tutorials.html
Thanks for posting!
http://sara-vs-sarah.blogspot.com/2010/11/all-about-oilcloth-goody-bags.html
love your blog - thanks again for the easy to follow instructions! :-)
I adapted the idea and made a huge storage bag out of Thomas The Tank fabric for my kids' train set! They love it and it looks much nicer than plastic bins.
this looks like a lot of fun to make! does anyone know if you can make this with cotton and would the pattern then have to be altered or something?
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Thanks!!
bye bye Laura
http://mfnusz.blogspot.com/2009/10/lunch-bag.html
Hope to post pics of the finished products on Monday, but for now, I've linked to your post here: http://make-happy.blogspot.com/2009/09/my-weekend-to-craft-list.html
http://lazyquilter.blogspot.com/2009/08/go-green.html
I gave you credit for the pattern. I hope it was ok to do this!
~gloria
~Tonya
http://www.mendels.com/fabrics10.shtml
if this doesnt work go to www.MENDELS.com and search oil cloth
and what r some cute colors for an almost 12 year old
and were did u get it????
i guess i will make one for softball season and school!
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Thanks for sharing your instructions. Great idea!!!!
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May 13, 2008 at 12:40 pm
I hate to be a spoil sport….these are so lovely. But isn’t oilcloth based on a vinyl of some kind or other? And doesn’t vinyl stink….and make the food taste sad or bad?
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P.A., I've used oilcloth for tablecloths, and nope, it doesn't stink at all or make anything taste bad. It's made with PVC, and seems to be fine for food use. It's also tough and stain-proof. I love it!
Great tutorial. Bookmarking your site for future reference.
Hugs,
Melinda
Hart's Fabric has a good selection of oil cloths too:
http://www.hartsfabric.com/oilclothvinyl.html
http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2008/05/how_to_oilcloth_lunch_bag.html?CMP=OTC-5JF307375954
Very cute, and a great idea!!
I was up making monogrammed keychains for all of my kids teachers. I am glad this falls once a year!
Thank you so much for that!
So, keeping that in mind... Do you have any excellent ideas for end of school gifts for the two preschool teachers? I must redeem myself.
(**I didn't see any other smarty-pants mommies delivering appreciation gifts, so I was not alone.. but still. I feel terrible).
I got it from a vendor there named Sunshine fabrics. In canton it sold for $8/yard.
http://mysunshinefabrics.com/
I also found this site that looked promising:
http://www.mendels.com/fabrics10.shtml
Hope that helps!
Amy--our local upholstery fabric store (Denver fabrics (.com)) sells it, maybe you have something similar?
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