Kids Cotton Backpack

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:

• Kids' Backpack Pattern
• 2yds Cotton Fabric
• 1 1/2yds Thin Cotton Batting
• 2yds Webbing Strap
• Adjustable Slide Buckles, 2
• 30" Zipper
• 9" Zipper
• Basic Sewing Supplies

DIRECTIONS:

1. Cut out pattern pieces. Note: For the Pouch Bottom, do not cut out the inner rectangle, but cut an X through the center of the rectangle. You will be folding in the interior material to make a clean folded edge around the zipper.
2. Baste batting pieces to a corresponding cotton piece.
3. With right sides together, fold Strap Top in half lengthwise.
4. Sew down long side and turn right side out.
5. Use a safety pin to help pull it through. Iron flat.
6. Repeat for second Strap Top.
7. Cut two 32" lengths of the Webbing Strap and insert one length into a Strap Top.
8. Fold the raw edge of the strap to the interior, iron, and sew.
9. With right sides together, fold Top Loop in half lengthwise.
10. Sew down long side and turn right side out.
11. Use a safety pin to help pull it through. Iron flat.
12. Center raw edges along raw edge of Main Body and baste.
13. Match raw edge of Strap Tops with raw edge of Main Body and baste about 1 1/2" on either side of the Top Loop.
14. Affix Adjustable Slide Buckles to the bottoms of the Webbing Straps.
15. Bring the Slide Buckle to about 4 1/2" under the Strap Top, and baste the bottom of the Webbing Strap into place along the bottom of the Main Body.
16. With right sides together, match a Bottom with batting to the bottom edges of a Side with batting and sew.
17. With right sides together, match the Main Body with batting and straps to the Bottom and Side with batting, and sew. This is the outer body.
18. Repeat steps for the lining.
19. _x000B_Fold Zipper Flap lengthwise, and baste.
20. Center Zipper Flap along outer Side raw edge, baste raw edges together.
21. Nest Lining inside Outer Main Body, matching Side raw edges.
22. Sandwich raw edge of Zipper in between the pieces and center.
23. Baste in place with the Zipper Foot on your sewing machine.
24. Turn right-side out.

1. Cut the corners of the Top and Bottom pouch where indicated on the pattern.
2. Sew together cut corners and press with iron.
3. Cut a long X in the Pouch Bottom piece with batting where indicated on the pattern.
4. Press back triangles created with cut X and press with iron.
5. Repeat steps for Pouch Bottom lining piece.
6. Line up outer Pouch Bottom with Pouch Bottom lining and pin in place.
7. Place zipper in the open rectangle, sandwiched between the two layers, and topstitch all the way around with a zipper foot.
8. Trim off excess zipper.
9. Baste the lining to the outer Pouch Bottom all around the four sides.
10. Fold the bottom of the Pouch Top up 2", wrong sides together, iron, and baste into place.
11. Line up Pouch Top over Zipper, and baste Pouch Top and Pouch Bottom together at sides.
12. Sew along the top edge of the Pouch Bottom, creating a flap of the overlapped Pouch Top.
13. Fold all edges in 1/4" and iron down.
14. Center pouch onto a Main Body piece with batting.
15. The top of the pouch should be about 7" from the bottom of the Main Body.
16. Topstitch along top pouch edge.
17. Push sides of pouch in on each side so that pouch protrudes out and topstitch along pouch side edges.
18. Push bottom of pouch in and topstitch along pouch bottom edge.
19. Place lining over top Main Body with Pouch, right sides together.
20. Sandwich the rest of the bag in between the Main Body and the lining so that the bag straps are together against the pouch, and pull the raw zipper edge up to the raw edges of the Main Body and the Lining.
21. Center, and baste into place.
22. Open zipper. This is important for turning the bag back right-side out.
23. Sew the Bottom and side of the Main Body with Pouch to the Bottom and Side of the rest of the bag.
24. Pull right side out through open zipper.
25. Topstitch flap down at either side of the zipper.