Noodlehead Making Backpack Pattern

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 and Mini sizes, plus bonus zippered front pocket included!

Special Features:

• two sizes to sew! Regular and Mini
• front slip pocket (plus BONUS! zippered front pocket)
• interior zip pocket
• adjustable shoulder straps
• useful top handles
• features a bound seam construction 

Skill Level: Advanced Beginner (front slip pocket view), Intermediate (alternate front zip pocket view)

Approx. Finished Dimensions:

• Regular: 11 ½” wide x 15” tall x 5” deep (29 cm x 38 cm x 12 cm)
• Mini: 8” wide x 10½” tall x 4½” deep (20 cm x 27 cm x 11.5 cm)

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

Materials: Requirements based on 44”-wide fabric.

Regular size:

• 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

Mini Size:

• ½ yd (0.4 m) Exterior* Fabric
• 5/8 yd (58 cm) Lining* Fabric
• 1 ½ yds (1.4 m) Fusible Woven Interfacing (Pellon SF101- 20”-wide)
• ½ yd (0.4 m) Medium Weight Fusible Interfacing (Pellon 809 - 42”-wide)^
• (2) 1 ½” (3.8 cm) wide rectangle rings & (2) 1 ½” (3.8 cm) wide strap sliders
• (1) 18" (45.7 cm) zipper* for top closure
• (1) 6" (15.2 cm) zipper* for interior zip pocket
• 1 ½ yds 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
• 2 ½ (2.2 m) yds straight-grain ½” (12 mm) wide double fold binding
  

Additional supplies + tools: 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 1/4” 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 (and corresponding setting tool)