Special features:
- foldover top with closure
- front exterior zippered pocket
- adjustable straps
- interior slip pocket
- hang loop
Skill Level:
Intermediate, or adventurous Advanced Beginner
Approx. Finished Dimensions:
15” tall (closed), 10 ½” wide x 4” deep (at base)
Materials needed (requirements based on 44”-wide fabric):
- ¾ yard (½ yard if 54”-wide fabric) Exterior Fabric
- ½ yard Contrast Bottom Fabric
- 1 ½ yards Lining Fabric (includes exterior closure, straps, and interior pocket)
- 3 ½ yards Fusible Woven Interfacing (Pellon SF101 - 20"-wide)
- 1 yard Medium-Weight Fusible Interfacing (Pellon 809 - 44” wide) ^
- (2) 1 ½”-wide rectangle rings & (2) 1 ½”-wide strap sliders
- (1) 8” zipper for front zippered pocket
- (2) 1"-wide d-rings
Recommended Fabrics:
Waxed canvas (10-12 oz. weight), cork fabric, cotton canvas, cotton/linen canvas, denim for exterior and contrast bottom fabrics (quilting cotton may be substituted for exterior fabric requirement, add ½ yard of 6-9 oz. weight 44”-wide cotton canvas/duckcloth for stabilizer and an 18” square of low-loft cotton batting). Quilting cotton for lining fabric.
^=omit if using waxed canvas/cork
Additional supplies + tools:
- Polyester thread
- water-soluble pen/tailor’s chalk
- cutting mat, ruler, rotary cutter
- Sewline glue pen
- size 14 or 16 denim or Microtex needle
- turning tool
- (optional) 9” length of 1”-wide cotton webbing/leather (replaces Hang Loop cut from Lining fabric)
- (if using quilting cotton for exterior fabric requirement) quilter’s spray baste, hera marker, walking foot
