I'm loving my new lunch bag and know that you will too. Whether you live in a hot or cold environment or somewhere in between, we often need to take things with us we want to keep insulated. I like to take some cold drinks with me out in the car (and perhaps a bar of chocolate too – shhh) and don't want them warming up. Hubby and I have also bought hot take out and used these bags to carry it home too.
These insulated lunch bags are perfect to take to work with your lunch, perfect for the kids to take to school and ideal for just making some sandwiches and getting into the big outdoors on the spur of the moment for lunch in the park or at the beach.
It's a fun thing to carry and you can express your inner-child with your favorite print, cartoons, Wonder Woman, Star Wars, Minions, or go smart and sophisticated in a rich paisley or floral – whatever takes your fancy. Be the talk of the lunch room with your own custom insulated lunch bag!
Features:
- Wipe clean finish with laminated fabrics or make your own with iron-on vinyl
- Short carrying handle
- Showcase your favorite prints, hobbies or characters
- Stands up with a flat base
- Ideal for personalization or embroidery on the flap/pocket
- Finished size approx. 9.5 inches tall, 7.5 inches wide and 4 inches at the base
- Full step by step video tutorial (comes only with pattern purchase)
Check out this intro from the how to sew video so you can see what the bag looks like
The full video tutorial for how to sew comes with the pattern purchase.
Materials needed
- Outer Bag – total of 2/3rds yard, mix and match your prints
- Lining fabric – piece 22 x 14 inches
- Iron-on vinyl for lining (optional)
- Insul-Bright insulated liner
- Coordinating Thread
- 5 feet of bias tape (or make your own)
- 1.5 inches of Velcro
- Recommended – Wonder Clips
You can download the pattern from my design account on Payhip. Add it to your cart and check out. The pattern will be saved in your Pattern Library safely until you are ready to sew, then you can download and print it at any time.
The tester versions
Pattern rating given – intermediate +
Previous experience of using bias binding useful
As usual, the lovely pattern testing team helped me in ironing out this pattern and instructions to make it hopefully as easy to understand and sew and possible. Check out their amazing bags below.
Sharyn of K's Closet Boutique – after using a laminated fabric on the outside as well as the inside, I recommend using a regular fabric on the outside so that it will be easier if you want to sew your binding by hand. The bag itself is adorable.
Robin at the Pattern Tester – I wanted to make the Insulated Lunch Bag for the challenge, and experience. I've never worked with laminated fabric before. I didn't have anywhere local to buy any laminated fabric, so I bought some vinyl fuse and fused it to the fabric. I've also never completed a project using bias binding. I need more practice with using binding, but my lunch bag looks so cute!
Linda G – Great idea for a pattern. You can customize it with specialty fabric to suit the person interest or hobbies. It's a great size, not too big for nothing but plenty of space for a nice lunch. I love the pocket in the front for extra storage.
Louise – my first thoughts were oh no, not bias tape again! I'm not a huge fan of sewing binding, but actually it turned out great!
Margaret – its a nice handy size for small lunches. I made it more difficult for myself using laminated fabrics inside and outside and it was a bit thick for the binding. Next time I'll make it as the pattern suggests with laminated on the inside.
Debbie-Ann from Sewing from Scrap – I love it! Love that it can use up my fabric scraps and mix and match smaller pieces. I don't usually like to cut from measurements though so I actually made my own simple pattern pieces for the rectangles.
Saar – Cute, just the right size for a lunch bag!
Linda F – first impressions on this bag were that it looked attractive and easy to make. The binding isn't that easy though!
Amber at the Mumbling Sewist – Cute! I really enjoyed this pattern and can not wait for more testing opportunities in the future.
Thanks for your help everyone, I'm loving all of the versions you made. Robin, your basket weave fabric is just amazing for this bag! We are all envious of that one.
You can download the pattern from my design account on Payhip. Add it to your cart and check out. The pattern will be saved in your Pattern Library safely until you are ready to sew, then you can download and print it at any time.
I don’t see the pattern. Was there one? Or how does anyone get it? Or are we to figure it out for ourselves?
Thank you for being so sharing. So appreciated!!!!
Such a nice bag to make.
My pleasure!
Thank you so much for offering this useful pattern for free! My husband and I are retiring in a few years, and so I have been looking for ways to use up a lot of my stash before we move across country (and downsize…gulp!). I want to make this for each of my grandchildren. Can I use this pattern to make lunch bags to donate to our local schools/senior center?
I just downloaded the free lung bag and when I printed it out
I only get the flap pattern peace is that the way its suppose to be?
Hello!
Thank you so much for your pattern which is gorgeous. I clicked on the link inside the instructions but the video is not available because it’s a private video. Can you help me to get the video.
Hi, I purchased the pattern and the link for the full video tutorial does not work. Any suggestions on how to find it?
Hi! I just bought this pattern and when I went to the video tutorial it’s stated it was private on YouTube. Can anyone assist on helping me to get the video tutorial? Thanks!
Is it possible to make this without the binding? I want the whole thing to be wipe clean. I’m not an expert at sewing so wondered if the pattern is easy to adapt without using the binding or not?
It is possible, just have two layeres then join them together.
Super cute! Would love to know where to find that basket weave fabric.
I made three of these for my great nieces for Christmas and they love them. I put their names on the top of the front where it is covered by the flap so they know which is theirs. I don’t usually make children’s items with names on, but this felt as if it would be a good place as I know how often things get lost at school.
Great idea!
Hello, I just purchased the pattern for this lunch bag at craftsy and there was no video with it. Can you tell me how to get the video for the lunch bag pattern?
Hi Paula, the link is inside the instructions, click on the link and it will take you to the video.
I’m sorry, I didn’t see a price for the pattern.
Looking at all the lunch bags, they are FABULOUS! I’m a hugh fan of Micky Mouse and love it to pieces. The basket weave fabric if beautiful!!totally awesome!!
I bought one of these and used it for two years while I worked. I loved it! If you are wondering if you or who ever would like this to use, trust me they will. It is deep enough for anything you will put in it an it’s plenty roomy.
I really love the lunchbox.all the projects are amazing. Well done everyone. I want to work with llaminated fabric.
Thank you. What a wonderful project!
All of these bags are so cute! Everyone did a great job.
Love it! A great gift idea for a man also, for whom I’m finding options / ideas to be a challenge!