I just started cutting the pieces for Anya’s Owl Backpack (a pattern we found on Moda BakeShop). I am making one tweak to the pattern — the front pocket (a.k.a. the owl’s body) is going to be lined in the laminated fabric. Leaky pens, melted crayons … hopefully this will mitigate staining.
We finished cutting the front and back pieces tonight. Tomorrow, we’ll cut out the top/side/bottom rectangles. I didn’t realize the bird fabric is 54″ wide … this may be the lining for several backpacks as Anya grows 🙂
I think the polka-dot fabric looks rather nice with the laminate. There’s a bird the same shade of blue, and there’s a bird the shade of pink I’ll be using for the piping and zipper.
The pattern itself I found a little hard to follow. I love that they save paper/ink by not printing a bunch of rectangles, but there are instructions to cut a specific size rectangle from one of the fabrics or another scattered throughout the document. I read through the entire thing three times before I found the rest of the backpack back exterior. To avoid missing any pieces, I searched through the document for the string ‘cut’ and listed out each piece. This list is categorized by fabric. Odd, since they have a “recipe” at the beginning of the article, that they don’t do something similar.
Laminate:
(2) 15 1/2 x 2 1/2 zipper opening interior
(2) 8 3/4 x 4 1/2 side of backpack interior
(1) 10 1/2 x 4 1/4 bottom of backpack interior
(2) <backpack back pattern> front and back
(2) <owl belly pocket> owl pocket lining
Insul-brite
(2) 8 x 4 side of backpack insulation
(1) 10 x 4 bottom of backpack insulation
(2) <backpack lining pattern> front and back
Twill:
(2) 15 1/2 x 2 1/2 zipper opening exterior
(2) 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 side of backpack exterior
(1) 10 1/2 x 4 1/2 bottom of backpack exterior
(1) 10 1/2 x 9 backpack back
(1) <backpack back half-circle> backpack back
(1) <front back pattern> front
(2) 22 x 4 straps
(2) 2 1/2 x 4 strap attachment mount
Mesh:
(2) 5 1/2 x 7 1/2 mesh pocket
Piping Fabric:
(2) 7 1/2 x 3 1/2 mesh pocket casing
Random fabrics for owl:
(1) <owl pocket lining> owl pocket
(2) <owl face pieces> owl face
(4) <owl wing pieces> owl wings