** This is the PRINTED PAPER version of the sewing pattern, and it will be shipped to you!
Carry your lunch, make-up, overnight items, or the entire contents of your handbag in luxury. This is a versatile project that features a wire frame that helps hold the top open wide for easy access. Is it a handbag or a lunch bag? You decide!
Customize the zipped bag to suit your needs by choosing from 2 handle styles, and adding the optional outside zipper pocket.
For a lunch bag, I recommend pre-washing your fabrics and using cotton for the lining so you can wash and reuse the bag as often as you need to. The frames are removable for washing! The foil backed thermal fleece/batting will help keep your food chilled. If you would rather have a wipe-clean lining in a lunch bag, you could substitute the cotton lining that I have recommended with laminated cotton, PUL, diaper liner, or nylon jacketing and use food safe containers. You could also substitute a wipe clean thermal foil-backed batting such as Insul-BRIGHT for your lining. Get the Insul-Bright!
This pattern requires: 1 Set (Pair) Internal Wire Frame, Style B (10” x 3 1/2”)
This pattern is suitable for an advanced beginner to intermediate sewer. Pattern instructions are provided in both imperial and metric measurements and are geared towards an intermediate sewer. Measurements are given to cut pattern pieces with a rotary cutter, ruler and mat.
FOLLOW THE SEW ALONG!!
Cyndi Farfsing, from The Nosy Pepper, has hosted a series of tutorials to help you put this bag together, go to the Sew Along posts HERE!
MATERIALS: (Yardages are approximate)
Fabric, Interfacing & Zippers:
- 1/2 yd./0.50 m - Exterior fabric (quilting cotton, light canvas/duck, home décor cotton)
- 1/2 yd./0.50 m - Exterior Accent fabric (quilting cotton, light canvas/duck, home décor cotton)
- 1/2 yd./0.50 m - Lining fabric (quilting cotton or waterproof fabric such as PUL or laminated cotton)
- 1/2 yd./0.50 m - Thermal Batting/fleece such as Insul-Brighttm, Insul-fleecetm, Insul-Shinetm
- 3/4 yd./0.75 m - Interfacing - light-medium weight fusible interfacing such as Pellon Shapeflex SF101
- 10” x 21 1/2” - Foam Stabilizer - By Annie’s Soft & Stabletm, automotive headliner, Bosal in-R-Formtm, Pellon Flex-foamtm (25 cm x 54 cm)
- 1 1/4 yd./1.25 m - Piping Cord or Premade Piping - 5/32”” (4 mm) or larger if preferred
- (1) 22” (56 cm) - Zipper for Exterior Top Opening (#4.5 or #5 nylon bag zipper, 1 1/4” wide, non-separating) - You can use a longer zipper.
- (1) 9” (23 cm) - Zipper for Exterior Zipper Pocket (#3 nylon all purpose zipper, 1” wide, non-separating)
- 1 Set (Pair) - Internal Wire Frame, Rectangle shaped Style B (10” x 3 1/2”)
- The straps are instructed in cotton, but if you would like to use the webbing we sell, choose the 1" width and for length, choose 1 yard for short handles or 2 yards if making the long handles.
** This is the PRINTED PAPER version of the sewing pattern, and it will be shipped to you!
Carry your lunch, make-up, overnight items, or the entire contents of your handbag in luxury. This is a versatile project that features a wire frame that helps hold the top open wide for easy access. Is it a handbag or a lunch bag? You decide!
Customize the zipped bag to suit your needs by choosing from 2 handle styles, and adding the optional outside zipper pocket.
For a lunch bag, I recommend pre-washing your fabrics and using cotton for the lining so you can wash and reuse the bag as often as you need to. The frames are removable for washing! The foil backed thermal fleece/batting will help keep your food chilled. If you would rather have a wipe-clean lining in a lunch bag, you could substitute the cotton lining that I have recommended with laminated cotton, PUL, diaper liner, or nylon jacketing and use food safe containers. You could also substitute a wipe clean thermal foil-backed batting such as Insul-BRIGHT for your lining. Get the Insul-Bright!
This pattern requires: 1 Set (Pair) Internal Wire Frame, Style B (10” x 3 1/2”)
This pattern is suitable for an advanced beginner to intermediate sewer. Pattern instructions are provided in both imperial and metric measurements and are geared towards an intermediate sewer. Measurements are given to cut pattern pieces with a rotary cutter, ruler and mat.
FOLLOW THE SEW ALONG!!
Cyndi Farfsing, from The Nosy Pepper, has hosted a series of tutorials to help you put this bag together, go to the Sew Along posts HERE!
MATERIALS: (Yardages are approximate)
Fabric, Interfacing & Zippers:
- 1/2 yd./0.50 m - Exterior fabric (quilting cotton, light canvas/duck, home décor cotton)
- 1/2 yd./0.50 m - Exterior Accent fabric (quilting cotton, light canvas/duck, home décor cotton)
- 1/2 yd./0.50 m - Lining fabric (quilting cotton or waterproof fabric such as PUL or laminated cotton)
- 1/2 yd./0.50 m - Thermal Batting/fleece such as Insul-Brighttm, Insul-fleecetm, Insul-Shinetm
- 3/4 yd./0.75 m - Interfacing - light-medium weight fusible interfacing such as Pellon Shapeflex SF101
- 10” x 21 1/2” - Foam Stabilizer - By Annie’s Soft & Stabletm, automotive headliner, Bosal in-R-Formtm, Pellon Flex-foamtm (25 cm x 54 cm)
- 1 1/4 yd./1.25 m - Piping Cord or Premade Piping - 5/32”” (4 mm) or larger if preferred
- (1) 22” (56 cm) - Zipper for Exterior Top Opening (#4.5 or #5 nylon bag zipper, 1 1/4” wide, non-separating) - You can use a longer zipper.
- (1) 9” (23 cm) - Zipper for Exterior Zipper Pocket (#3 nylon all purpose zipper, 1” wide, non-separating)
- 1 Set (Pair) - Internal Wire Frame, Rectangle shaped Style B (10” x 3 1/2”)
- The straps are instructed in cotton, but if you would like to use the webbing we sell, choose the 1" width and for length, choose 1 yard for short handles or 2 yards if making the long handles.
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Customer Reviews
This bag was easy to make with clear instructions. The bag is deceptively bigger than it appears on the outside.
I made mine with waxed canvas, waterproof canvas and laminated cotton
I kept putting off making the Luxie Bag. I joined in on the #Luxiesewalong! and made this bag. It actually was bigger than my store bought lunch bag and my new Luxie keeps my food cold! I'm so glad I took the time to make it. If you have a busy life like me the sew along was what you may need. It broke it up into 5 days and started on a Monday. It did take me a little longer because life got in the way but I was able to catch up on the weekend and had it ready for that Monday. Sometimes I'm a person that wants to do it all at once and when I'm not able to sometimes I just don't start. If I can do this so can you! #iamabagineer
I have made other lunch bags but never one that turned out as well. Very well written directions that left you with no questions as to what to do. Illustrations were helpful too.