Making Backpack Sewing Pattern, Noodlehead

A backpack that’s perfect in its simplicity, but also great for customizing. Choose your favorite canvas (prints or solids), waxed canvas or dry oilskin and get to work creating your very own custom backpack. Regular size, plus bonus zippered front pocket included!

Special Features:

• front slip pocket (plus BONUS! zippered front pocket)
• interior zip pocket
• adjustable shoulder straps
• useful top handles
• features a bound seam construction 

Suggested Fabric: 

Canvas (7-9 oz. weight), waxed canvas (8-10 oz. weight), or dry oilskin for exterior fabric, quilting cotton for lining fabric.

Fabric Requirements:

Requirements based on 44”wide fabric.

Finished dimensions for this bag 29x38x12cm

• 1 yd (1 m) Exterior* Fabric
• 1 yd (1 m) Lining* Fabric
• 2 yds (1.8 m) Fusible Woven Interfacing (Pellon SF101- 20”-wide)
• 1 yd (1 m) Medium Weight Fusible Interfacing (Pellon 809 - 42”-wide)^
• ½ yd (0.4 m) Foam Stabilizer (ByAnnie’s or 1 yard (1 m) Pellon Flex-Foam) ^
• (2) 1 ½” (3.8 cm) wide rectangle rings & (2) 1 ½” (3.8 cm) wide strap sliders
• (1) 22” (55 cm) zipper for top closure
• (1) 8” (20 cm) zipper for interior zip pocket
• 1 1/8 yds (1 m) of 1” (2.5 cm) wide cotton or poly webbing for top handles
• 2 ½ (2.2 m) yds of 1 ½” (3.8 cm) wide cotton or poly webbing for straps
• 3 ½ (3.2 m) yds straight-grain ½” (12 mm) wide double fold binding

^ = omit if using waxed canvas

* = additional 

You will also need:

• Polyester thread
• Water-soluble pen or tailor’s chalk
• Cutting mat
• Ruler
• Rotary cutter, size 90/14 or 100/16
• Denim or Microtex needle
• (Optional) 2 ¼” wide x 1 ½” tall (5.7 cm x 3.8 cm) piece of leather for patch
• (Optional) 2 rivets - 8-9 mm head with 6-8 mm posts (& corresponding setting tool)
• (Optional) front pocket closure 
• 14mm magnetic snap or size 24 metal snap
• Glue/ ¼”-wide fusible web tape

Ability: Intermediate