Getting ready

For back to school. It's not like I have a lot to do to get Mollie ready for school. I don't have to buy a uniform, books, notebooks, pens, etc. She still has a perfectly good backpack and still has a rest bag. School provides all her materials for the year.

I thought it would be nice to have something new for this year, so I've made her a lunch bag. She has a Tupperware lunch bag, but it's vinyl inside and when it gets dirty it's hard to clean. It's easy to wipe, but things get caught in the crevices. It's also a bit stained which makes it look dirty when it's clean.

I used a pattern from Favorite Things. It went together well, but as I was cutting it out I was thinking to myself I could have knocked this together myself. That's ok, I didn't have to take the time to think about dimensions. I used Insulbright instead of the cotton batting that was suggested. When I started to baste the Insulbright to the fabric, I was using a standard foot, but it was shifting, so I switched to my walking foot and it was a total breeze to do. The fabric is Farmers Market on the outside and Ginger Blossom on the inside.


Inside of the bag


Doesn't she look excited?