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The first time I saw oilcloth, it was in a kids catalog, maybe Magic Cabin or something. A large piece of it had been edged and they were using it as an under-highchair splat mat. I thought it was pretty awesome, but we were beyond the age where we needed a splat mat. It’s taken me this long to realize that you can make things other than splat mats out of oilcloth.
Make Your Sack Lunch, a lunch bag tutorial
You will need:
- 1/4 yard (not fat) oilcloth. I got mine at Sew Mama Sew. Modern oilcloth is pretty much like vinyl and not oiled cloth
- 1/4 yard thin batting
- 1/4 yard other plastic fabric for lining. I used a shower curtain because I had it left over from making sit-upons.
- 3.5 in piece of velcro
EDIT – I thought I’d respond to a couple questions I got from people:
The oilcloth can be a bit of a challenge to sew, so you will probably be wrestling the material in your machine a bit more than you would with quilters’ cotton. You can line the bag with something other than vinyl. The vinyl was what I had handy, and it is easily wipeable, so that’s what I opted for. This pattern would also work for sturdy, non-plastic materials, like canvas. Hope you’re enjoying this and making some awesome lunch bags!
- Cut one 7in x 31in rectangle from the two plastic fabrics.
Cut two 4.5in x 13in rectangles of the two plastics.
Cut the batting the same as the plastics, except make it 1/4in smaller on all sides - For each piece, sandwich the batting between the oilcloth and the vinyl.
- Sew the fuzzy side of the velcro to the long piece of oilcloth so that the top of the velcro is 3/5in from the top edge.
- With wrong sides facing line up the long edge of one of the smaller side pieces with the edge of the long main panel. Sew along this edge with a 1/4in seam.
- When you get 1/4in from the corner, stop and backtack. Turn the long piece at a right angle, folding it along the edge of the short side of the edge piece. Stitch and repeat with the other corner.
- Repeat with the other side panel
- If the top edges are uneven, trim them. Then sew the prickly side of the velcro right at the top of the wide side of the lunch bag that does not already have velcro.
- Stitch around the top edge
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Damn. That is TOTALLY AWESOME.
Seriously – v v cool.
It makes lunches look really good too!
I really like the oilcloth fabric, I love green. Thanks for the tutorial, my daughter will love a new lunch bag!
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Cool! I was thinking I needed to make some re-usable lunch bags before school started and here I find your tutorial the very same day. Love the idea of putting batting inside. Thank you.
Bought Marimekko oil cloth this summer – thanks for the inspiraiton!
THIS IS SOOOOOOOOOOO GREAT!!! Can I link your blog to mine?
I did a similar one in fused plastic. See here. http://aestheticonion.blogspot.com/2007/08/fused-plastic-lunchbag.html
I’d been looking for a lunchbag pattern! Thanks for posting this one.
I’m not really a sewing kind of gal but my daughter and I have decided to try this project together. I have a question: Is there anything wrong with using oilcloth for the inside too?
Also, they were out of most of their oilcloth at Sew Mama Sew so I dis some searching and found a lot here.
http://www.mendels.com/fabrics_oilcloth.html
Thank you for the tutorial!
there is a cool store in tucson that sells a lot of great patterns in oilcloth (picante) and I have been looking for things to do with it! thanks!!!
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What a great idea. I want to make two now!
I noticed there were quite a few click throughs to my fused plastic lunchbag tutorial. That post is now located here.
http://aestheticonion.wordpress.com/2007/08/23/fused-plastic-lunchbag/
I’ve just come over from How about Orange…after seeing your lunch bag listed there. It’s gorgeous and thank you for the great tutorial!
Not made in China…good idea!
I went to the site sewmamasew and couldn’t find oilcloth. i found some on ebay but the selection isn’t great. Can you direct me on more places to buy oilcloth?
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I’m going to embroider names on mine too.
Thank you, you have inspired me!
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If you are going to sew a lot of oilcloth or vinyl, you should have a teflon foot. I got mine at a local store that sells and services sewing machines. If you are only going to do a couple bags, put masking tape on the bottom of your regular sewing foot . It will work, too.
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A walking foot for your sewing machine is fabulous for slippery materials! I highly recommend them. Lovely bag
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That really is a wonderful idea. Although I am not so good at sewing I think I will have a go.
Any thoughts on the safety of oilcloth and the plastic lining you used? I really want to make some of these, but I’m concerned about how safe it is to have my food near the fabric.
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Hi Dorie. Love your blog. I do a weekly “Friday Finds” feature on my blog and search out great tutorials for my readers. With school opening coming right up, I’m sharing your Oilcloth Lunch Bag this week. I give credit to you for both the tutorial and the photo. I put a link directly to your blog for the tutorial. I do NOT put the tutorial on my blog, only the link.
Thank you for sharing this. If you prefer to have me remove this link, please email and let me know.
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thanks for the great tutorial and fabulous blog. Quick question: how does one wash this? Just machine, or hand wash> I was thinking of lining mine with cloth, quilting cotton if possible and quilt it a bit so the cloth and oil cloth stay together…
Since it’s all oilcloth, I just hand washed. If it was all cotton, you could machine wash.
Oilcloth is not food safe! It is great for many things but I would not put food in it.
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