Get ready for hands-free adventures with this cute and practical sling-style backpack! We'll cover techniques for sewing a multi-part lined bag with a variety of hardware, including zippers, snaps, and adjustable straps, as well as various pocket construction styles. Students should have experience sewing bags or garments from a pattern. We will cut out our fabric together.

Instructor: Erin West

Materials

Pattern-Sandhill Sling By Noodlehead

3/4 yard Exterior Fabric (midweight such as canvas or twill)

3/4 yard Lining Fabric (includes interior pocket) (quilting cotton or lighter canvas)

1 ¼ yards (1 ½ if making fabric strap) Fusible Woven Interfacing (SF101)

(1) 18” Double Pull handbag zipper

(1) 10”/25.4 cm handbag zipper for front pocket closure (View A)

OR 14mm magnetic snap/size 24 metal spring snap (View B)

1” -wide d-ring AND 1 ½”-wide strap slider AND 1 ½”-wide swivel snap

1.5 yards of 1 ½”-wide cotton webbing OR ADD ¼ yard to Exterior fabric requirement (1 yd total) for making a fabric strap

Zipper foot for your machine

Thread to match both exterior and lining fabric

Fresh 80/12 machine needle

Wonder clips are helpful

Marking tool, Straight pins, Wonder tape

Optional- ¼” elastic for interior pocket