Making Lunch Fun

The kiddos went back to school 2 weeks ago and I wanted to make their lunches fun. If I'm bored making the same old things and packing them in the same old Ziploc bags, then I know they are. So, I started searching Pinterest (my FAV place for everything!) for some cool lunch ideas. In doing so, I found this post about sandwich bags. You can see it here: http://www.thegildedhare.com/2012/07/tutorial-giveaway-reusable-sandwich-bag.html

I followed her tutorial and my bag turned out not so great. So I tweaked it, just a little, and tried again. This time the bag turned out great!

 

I started out cutting my pieces out. I used vinyl coated cotton found by the yard at Jo-Ann's. I used the pattern from the above link and cut out 2 fabric pieces and 1 interfacing piece of each size. I then ironed the interfacing to a piece of fabric so I had this.

 

 

Then I figured out where I wanted the velcro (2" piece) closure to go and sewed it on.

 

I then matched up a short piece and a long piece and sewed a 1/4 inch seam across the bottom and down each side.

 

 

Next, I boxed the corners. To do this, I squeezed the side and bottom seems together, shown below. And yes, squeezed together is a technical term :)

After both corners are done, it will look like this.

 



 

 Once boxed, it stands up on it's own. This makes me smile :)

 

 

I then turned the fabric only portion piece right side out and tucked it into the other portion so that the edges lined up. It was at this point that I realized I had put the velcro on the wrong short piece, so I had to take some time to remove it and put it in the right place. I then sewed up the sides and across the top of the long pieces. I left the top of the short pieces open as shown below.

 

 

 

Then, I turned the whole thing right side out and tucked the interior portion down inside so that all the sides lined up. Then I sewed the opening closed. In this one I just top stitched across and it looks fine. Not as "done" as if I had tucked the edges under, but that's okay.

 

 

And here is what it looks like when closed.

 

 

 Now I only have to make a few more for the other kiddos :)

 

I would love to see pictures if any of you try this!