Buckthorn Backpack & Tote

You’ll love this zippered top backpack and tote for everyday use. They both have a front pocket for easy access to smaller items and a flat base. A divided interior pocket keeps everything inside organized. The backpack has adjustable straps and fits tablets, small laptops, and/or notebooks! Buckthorn Tote is perfect for projects on the go.

***Video tutorial on setting the oval base.

Backpack: 

• front exterior pocket, large interior pocket
• zip top closure to keep your important belonging secure
• adjustable straps

Tote:

• front exterior pocket, large interior pocket
• zip top closure
• grab and go handles
• perfect for projects, anything from knitting to embroidery to paper piecing and more!

Skill Level: Intermediate

Approx. Finished Dimensions:

• Backpack: 13”/33 cm wide by 5 ½”/14 cm deep (measured at oval base), 14”/35.6 cm tall
• Tote: 10 ½”/26.7 cm wide by 6 ½”/16.5 cm deep (measured at oval base), 11 ½”/29.2 cm tall

Materials needed:

Requirements based on 44”/1.1 m-wide fabric.

*****Tote requirements in brackets [ ]*****

• ¾ yard/.7 m [2/3 yard/ .6 m] Exterior Fabric
• 1 yard/.91 m [1 yard/.91 m] Lining Fabric
• 1 ½ yards/1.3 m [1 1/3 yards/1.21 m] Fusible Woven Interfacing (Pellon SF101-20”/51 cm-wide)
• ½ yard/.45 m [½ yard/.45 m] Fusible Fleece Interfacing or foam (Pellon 987-F - 44”/1.1 m -wide or byAnnie’s Soft & Stable 58”/1.5 m -wide)
• (1) 16”/40.6 cm [14”/35.6 cm] handbag zipper for top closure (must be 1 ¼”/3.18 cm wide)

FOR BACKPACK:

• 4 yards/3.7 m of 1 ½”/3.8 cm wide cotton webbing

FOR TOTE:

• [2 yards/1.9 m of 1”/2.5 cm wide cotton webbing] OR substitute ¾ yard/.7 m [¼ yard/ .25 m] accent fabric (quilting cotton weight) and additional 1 ½ yards/1.3 m [1/3 yards/.3 m] of fusible woven interfacing for making your own straps/handles (instructions included)

For BACKPACK only:

• (2) 1 ½”/3.8 cm-wide Triangle Rings (can substitute two 1 ½”/3.8 cm-wide d-rings), (2) 1 ½”/3.8 cm-wide Swivel Snaps, and (2) 1 ½”/3.8 cm-wide Strap Sliders

Recommended Fabrics: Canvas or waxed canvas* (7-10 oz.) for exterior fabric, quilting cotton for lining**.

* if using waxed canvas (7-10 oz.) for exterior, OMIT fusible fleece/foam and do not interface the exterior fabric pieces. The heavier the waxed canvas, the more difficult it makes this particular project to sew.

**if using canvas (8-10 oz.) for lining, reduce fusible woven interfacing requirement to ½ yard/.45 m total for backpack (Strap Reinforcement Strip & Front Pocket pieces), OMIT for tote.

Additional supplies + tools: Polyester thread, water-soluble pen/tailor’s chalk, cutting mat, gridded ruler, rotary cutter, size 14 or 16 denim or Microtex needle, pinking shears

Visit the pattern designers product page for more information on this pattern. Buckthorn.

Is the pattern sold out? Are you eager to get started right away? 

Follow these steps to purchase a digital pattern and have it printed at Main Fabric. You will be able to get started on your pattern within the week! 

1. Click the link in the DETAILS above to visit the designer's product page. 
2. Choose your size range (if applicable) and for type choose "PDF" or "Digital".
3. Complete your online transaction through the pattern designer's website. 
4. Download your files to your computer. 
5. Visit Main Fabric's PDF Printing page and upload the file that has "A0" in the file title. 
6. Complete your online transaction with Main Fabric.
7. You will receive notification once your print is ready for pick-up at the store.
8. Start Sewing!

Digital/PDF pattern printing may be new to you and changing your routine requires effort that you may not have time for. We get it! But take a look at the digital pattern benefits below:

• Access to a wider range of amazing patterns, even FREE patterns from your favorite designers 
• Pattern is printed on sturdier paper rather than tissue paper that can get easily ruined and disintegrate. 
• Having the file on your computer or in the cloud (forever?) in case you want to or need to print it again. 
• Supporting small, independent pattern designers who may not have the capital to invest in paper pattern printing

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