Lilliput

Designed by UJAMAA BAGETTES

Sassy or classy, shabby or chic or just plain cute - LILLIPUT is a Lilliputian version of our regular-sized Retreat Backpack, named after its cousin the Retreat Bag by Emmaline Bags. Use a Style A Frame or a Style D internal frame to get two different looks.

Emmaline Bags sells BAGETTES patterns online, and all profits from these pattern sales go directly to the Grandmoth ers Campaign. 

++ This is a PDF Pattern.

++ Instructions are in English only.

Features: 

• A top that opens wide and stays that way so that you can get to all your stuff
• Back has a top handle, adjustable shoulder straps, and ring tabs
• Front has a top handle and a vertical, zippered pocket
• Ends of handles and straps are finished with a decorative cover tab made of contrasting, raw-edge vinyl, leather, Kraft-tex, or cork
• Inside has a false-piped, divided slip pocket suitable for phone and pen, a secure zippered pocket, and a key tether Use 3/4” (19 mm) webbing for the straps and handles
• Use Emmaline Bags internal A or D Frame or similar 8” x 2” (20 cm x 5 cm) or 6” x 2-1/2” (15 cm x 6 cm) wire frame. The 8” frame will result in a square profile and a narrow opening. The 6” frame will result in a gentler shape with a slight taper at the top and will open wide. See photos below.
• Optional decorative cover strip for straps and/or handles
• Optional zippered strap
• Optional contrasting base

LILLIPUT can be made with quilting cotton, light-weight denim, linen, canvas, cork or vinyl.

PRINTING INFORMATION:

• To print, open in the most recently updated ADOBE READER or Adobe Acrobat. (If it is not updated, your pages may print black.) 
• To print accurately, open in ADOBE from a computer, and when printing make sure that the “scaling” is set to “none” or “actual size” in the print properties.
• A 1” x 1” test square is provided.
• Print the templates and measure the square to check printing accuracy

Skill Level:

• This pattern is suitable for a Confident Beginner.

Approx. Finished Size:

• Finished Size: 9”W x 10”H x 4”D (23 cm L x 25.4 cm H x 10 cm W)

**** You are purchasing a PDF sewing pattern only, not the finished product. You must have the latest version of Adobe Reader to print this item from a computer!

FABRIC & INTERFACING:

• Exterior & Pocket Pouch:
• 1/2 yard (50 cm) of 42” (107 cm) wide light- to medium-weight fabric, vinyl, cork, canvas or 2 fat quarters.
• Lining Fabric:  
• 2/3 yard (0.6 m) quilting-weight cotton, 42” (107 cm) wide
• Fusible Interfacing & Stabilizers
• 20 “ (51 cm) wide fusible woven interfacing (Pellon Shape Flex SF101)
• 2 yards (1.8 m) of 20“ (51 cm) wide fusible woven interfacing (e.g., Pellon Shape Flex SF101)
• 1/2 yard (45 cm) Pellon 987F Fusible Fleece or 1 piece 13” x 28” (25 cm x 71 cm)
• Stabilizer - 1 piece - 3-3/4” x 9“ (9.5 cm x 23 cm) firm stabilizer (e.g., Peltex, plastic grid, core flute)
• Small piece of firm non-woven (Pellon 809) for zippered pocket facings
• Straps & Handles:
  
• 3 yards (2.8 m) 3/4” (19mm) webbing
• 4.5”x 3” (11.4 cm x 7.6 cm) scrap of vinyl, leather, Kraft-tex, cork or other non-woven
  

Zippers, Supplies & Bag Hardware:

• 1 set - Style A OR 1 Style D Internal Wire Frames.
• Short piece of piping cord, about 8” (20 cm)
• 2 - 3/4” (19mm) rectangular rings
• 2 - 3/4” (19mm) rectangular sliders
• 4 - 1/2” (1.9 cm) bag feet
• 1/2” (1.25 cm) swivel hook for key tether
• 16” (41 cm) of #4.5 or 5 coil zipper tape with one or two sliders for top closure
• 8” (20cm) of #4.5 or 5 coil zipper tape with slider for front exterior zippered pocket
• 8”(20 cm) of #3 coil zipper tape with slider for inside pocket
• NOTE: If you prefer to use prepared zippers use 6” (15 cm) zippers for the zippered pockets and a 16” (38 cm) zipper for the top closure.

Optional:

• Optional - 12 quick or double cap rivets for handles, straps, zipper tabs, and ring tabs
• Optional - 2 zipper tips to replace non-woven ZIPPER TABS.
• For optional zippered straps - 15” (40 cm) #4.5 or #5 zipper tape or finished zipper of equivalent length plus extra cover material such as vinyl, leather, or cork.

UJAMAA GRANDMAS, a Calgary-based group of volunteers, is part of the Grandmothers to Grandmothers (G to G) Campaign of the Stephen Lewis Foundation (SLF). SLF works to address the consequences of the HIV/AIDS pandemic upon families and communities in sub-Saharan Africa. The G to G Campaign supports the voices and expertise of grandmothers in Africa, whose leadership is critical in reclaiming hope and rebuilding resilience across their communities. As part of Grandmothers to Grandmothers, UJAMAA GRANDMAS is committed to the Campaign’s three goals:

• to raise awareness
• to build solidarity and
• to mobilize funds for community-based organizations that support African grandmothers and the children in their care.

Since 2004, as a result of a variety of fundraising activities, both handcrafts-related and otherwise, over $1,500,000 has been sent in support of the Campaign. To learn more about UJAMAA GRANDMAS and the Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign, visit www.ujamaagrandmas.com.

UJAMAA BAGETTES is a small sub-set of UJAMAA GRANDMAS, raising funds through the sale of pdf patterns and finished products. A very small portion of the proceeds from the sale of patterns is used to offset some of the costs of pattern testing and bag production. The remainder is sent to the Foundation to support our African sisters. BAGETTES’ finished bags are sold at the UJAMAA GRANDMAS annual BAGS, BABIES & BEYOND in Calgary, Alberta. If you have a technical question about this pattern, contact us at bagettes@ujamaagrandmas.com.

Emmaline Bags sells BAGETTES patterns online at emmalinebags.com. All profits from these pattern sales go directly to the Grandmothers Campaign. 

It is our privilege to work together to enable us to help these very courageous women and at the same time to express ourselves through our creativity.