Description
Sewing Pattern by Noodlehead
Pattern name – Buckthorn
Finished Item – Backpack and Tote Bag
Paper Pattern and Instructions only, does not include fabrics or notions
You’ll love this zippered top backpack and tote for everyday use. They both have a front pocket for easy access to smaller items and a flat base. A divided interior pocket keeps everything inside organized. The backpack has adjustable straps and fits tablets, small laptops, and/or notebooks! Buckthorn Tote is perfect for projects on the go.
***Video tutorial on noodlehead website for setting the oval base.
Backpack:
front exterior pocket, large interior pocket
zip top closure to keep your important belonging secure
adjustable straps
Tote:
front exterior pocket, large interior pocket
zip top closure
grab and go handles
perfect for projects, anything from knitting to embroidery to paper piecing and more!
Product Information:
Product Information:
Skill Level: Intermediate
Approx. Finished Dimensions:
Backpack: 13”/33 cm wide by 5 ½”/14 cm deep (measured at oval base), 14”/35.6 cm tall
Tote: 10 ½”/26.7 cm wide by 6 ½”/16.5 cm deep (measured at oval base), 11 ½”/29.2 cm tall
Materials needed:
Requirements based on 44”/1.1 m-wide fabric.
*****Tote requirements in brackets [ ]*****
¾ yard/.7 m [2/3 yard/ .6 m] Exterior Fabric
1 yard/.91 m [1 yard/.91 m] Lining Fabric
1 ½ yards/1.3 m [1 1/3 yards/1.21 m] Fusible Woven Interfacing (Pellon SF101-20”/51 cm-wide)
½ yard/.45 m [½ yard/.45 m] Fusible Fleece Interfacing or foam (Pellon 987-F – 44”/1.1 m -wide or byAnnie’s Soft & Stable 58”/1.5 m -wide)
(1) 16”/40.6 cm [14”/35.6 cm] handbag zipper for top closure (must be 1 ¼”/3.18 cm wide)
FOR BACKPACK:
4 yards/3.7 m of 1 ½”/3.8 cm wide cotton webbing
FOR TOTE:
[2 yards/1.9 m of 1”/2.5 cm wide cotton webbing] OR substitute ¾ yard/.7 m [¼ yard/ .25 m] accent fabric (quilting cotton weight) and additional 1 ½ yards/1.3 m [1/3 yards/.3 m] of fusible woven interfacing for making your own straps/handles (instructions included)
For BACKPACK only:
(2) 1 ½”/3.8 cm-wide Triangle Rings (can substitute two 1 ½”/3.8 cm-wide d-rings), (2) 1 ½”/3.8 cm-wide Swivel Snaps, and (2) 1 ½”/3.8 cm-wide Strap Sliders
complete hardware kit can be purchased here
full backpack kit with webbing available here
Recommended Fabrics: Canvas or waxed canvas* (7-10 oz.) for exterior fabric, quilting cotton for lining**.
* if using waxed canvas (7-10 oz.) for exterior, OMIT fusible fleece/foam and do not interface the exterior fabric pieces. The heavier the waxed canvas, the more difficult it makes this particular project to sew.
**if using canvas (8-10 oz.) for lining, reduce fusible woven interfacing requirement to ½ yard/.45 m total for backpack (Strap Reinforcement Strip & Front Pocket pieces), OMIT for tote.
Additional supplies + tools: Polyester thread, water-soluble pen/tailor’s chalk, cutting mat, gridded ruler, rotary cutter, size 14 or 16 denim or Microtex needle, pinking shears
Featured Fabrics are Big Sur Canvas (Backpack), Waxed Canvas from Fabric Funhouse (Tote)
Purchase Information:
Paper (printed) pattern:
Paper pattern version includes instruction booklet with step-by-step instructions and professional illustrations, pattern sheet for flap piece and templates, rotary cutting instructions/measurements for all other pattern pieces (just cut and sew, no need to cut out pattern pieces), full-color cover sheet, all tucked into a resealable poly bag.
Sell finished items! You (the purchaser of this pattern) can sell finished sewn items made using this pattern (on a home-based scale), credit to Anna Graham www.noodle-head.com is appreciated!
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