A Fetching Pail

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With Charlotte in Kindergarten this year, and half of my own week days spent at our new business location, my family's need for a fantastic lunch bag pattern has increased in urgency.  So I have hunkered right down and put together a new mini pattern — meeting my need, and hopefully yours as well.

LunchBagPatternCover Introducing Jack & Jill, a fresh take on the classic lunch bag.  I've got the girls covered, and the boys too.  I worked the design into my mini pattern format to keep the price low, jamming some serious value into one little package.  Whether you have one lunch bag to supply or several, Jack & Jill bags go together quickly, so you're in good shape.

This is also my first pattern highlighting my yummy Nicey Jane laminated cottons.  The laminates are light and supple and easy to work with.  For specifics on the care and make-up of these fabrics, click here;  I understand the laminate is about as food-safe JackandJillLunchBag as plastic can be.  Of course, you can make lunch bags from non-laminated cottons as well, or decorator fabric, light corduroy, denim, and so forth, like the green floral bag shown at right.

Fun-fun!  Great for holiday presents too — a nice bag for a nice girl or boy — filled with a naughty amount of candy.

While you're at it, whip up a coordinating napkin or two to boot (tutorial).

29 Comments

  1. So cute! Where can I get fleece interfacing for the handle? (Is it sold in a package or off the bolt?) I have never seen that before (that I know of). Thanks!

  2. Sarah – You could use a thin poly quilt batting, white poly felt, or lighter polar fleece if you can’t find the fleece interfacing (which looks a lot like felt, really). The fleece interfacing I used is from Pellon, I think.

  3. What a great bag! Sarah, you can buy fusible fleece at Jo-Ann Fabrics. At the small format store where I shop it is on the opposite side of the display for the interfacing. The display by the cutting counter.

  4. Gorgeous! They’ll be great birthday presents next year!! I’m also on the hunt for your fabrics in the UK! They are just beautiful!
    Veronika
    ps: for some early festive baking inspiration, check out my blog 🙂

  5. It’s not like you to be so quiet. I hope all is well, that your absence is for happy reason, the joyful pastimes of this season.
    Merry Christmas Heather, and thank you for sharing your creative and inspiring life with us.

  6. Holy moly, this is the cutest lunch bag I have ever seen! I just bought a couple yards of your laminate to use as my kitchen tablecloth. I didn’t do a thing to it – just threw it over the table, selvedge and all!

  7. Love this lunch bag!! I purchased the pattern and was wondering where I can get the blue and yellow ribbon on the green bag?

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