Blogging MS: Make an Oilcloth Lunch Bag

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We seem to see more and more oilcloth being used in creative projects these days. There are so many prints and colors, and it wipes clean easily- making it perfect for this lunch bag project. See the simple directions below...

The directions via Martha's site:

Lunch Bag How-To
Cut main piece 29 1/2 by 8 inches and two side panels, each 12 1/4 by 5 inches.

1. Fold long panel, inside out, into U shape with 5-inch bottom.

2. Make 1/4-inch cut at bottom corners of side and middle pieces so bag folds smoothly. Sew-in side panels, leaving 1/4-inch seam allowance.

3. Turn right side out and top-stitch all around, 1/8 inch from edge.

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Comments (5)

Those are beautiful. Too bad my baby hasn't even been born yet, let alone needed to pack a lunch.

posted by hyacinthine on July 15th 2008 at 8:08am
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They are cute. They would made useful party favors for a kid birthday party.

posted by At Home with kim vallee on July 15th 2008 at 8:27am
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I love all of these oilcloth products and projects I've been seeing, but when I go to fabric stores, their selection of oilcloth fabrics is really sparse. Does anyone have any good suggestions of where to buy oilcloth online?

posted by mo on July 15th 2008 at 9:19am
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http://hartsfabric.stores.yahoo.net/oilclothvinyl.html

posted by bombaygirl on July 15th 2008 at 6:58pm
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http://oilcloth.com/

Has a store locator link, and you can look online to view swatches of the material. If you see a pattern you like, you can also google the name as sometimes stores will sell the yardage online, via ebay or other sites. They also wholesale finished items, like the lunch sacks and aprons, and can let you know where to find them.

I have three of the lunch sacks, and use them for so many things -- for wet bathing suits, for sitting on damp grass, for buying loose veg from farmers' markets, an old one holds my clothespins, and yes, I use them for lunches too. We sell some of the patterns of yardage, and lunch sacks, and aprons and things at the small funky store I work at in Toronto - but we don't really ship or do phone orders (it's a really really small store - Winkel, on Queen Street East).

They also supply these lunch sacks to many stores already made.

posted by Marla Good on July 16th 2008 at 12:01pm
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