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ClassiC Canvas PaCk PATTERNit all

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SUPPLIES1¼ yards of home-dec weight fabric & heavyweight fusible interfacing

2 yards of 1"-wide cotton webbing

Needles: 90/14 universal & hand sewing

Matching all-purpose thread

Two 1"-wide D-rings

Two 1"-wide slide buckles

¾"-diameter magnetic snap

Heat removable fabric pen (See “Sources.”)

CUT ITCopy the Classic Canvas Pack pattern from the pattern insert.

From the home-dec fabric, cut two flaps, four main panels and one 1½"x32" strip. transfer all pattern mark-ings. Designate one flap as the lower flap and one as the upper flap. Designate one main-panel set as the lining and one as the exterior.

From the interfacing, cut two flaps and four main panels. Fuse the interfacing to the corresponding pieces.

From the webbing, cut two 2¼"-long pieces for the tabs, two 14"-long pieces for the lower straps and one 38"-long piece for the main strap.

SEW ITUse ½" seam allowances unless otherwise noted.

Insert one tab short end into one D-ring, wrapping around the flat side and aligning the short ends; pin. Repeat to create the remaining D-ring tab.

Position one exterior panel right side up on a flat work surface. Position one D-ring tab over the panel at the right-edge pattern marking, aligning the short ends with the panel raw edge. Hand baste ¼" from the short ends (1).

Repeat to baste the remaining D-ring tab to the panel left edge. Designate the panel as the front panel.

Following the manufacturer’s instructions, install the female magnetic snap on the front panel at the pattern marking.

With right sides together, align the remaining exterior panel over the front panel. Stitch each long edge. Remove the D-ring basting stitches. Press open the seams.

Align the lining panels with right sides together; stitch each long edge.

With right sides together, stitch the exterior-panel lower edge; press open. Repeat to stitch the lining panels.

To box the corners, flatten one exterior-panel corner with right sides together, matching the side and lower seam; pin. Measure 1¾" from the corner, and then draw a line across the triangle. Stitch along the drawn line. Press the corner toward the side seam. Hand tack the corner to the side seam allowance to secure. Repeat to box the remaining exterior panel corner.

Repeat to box the lining panels.

Turn the exterior panel right side out. insert the lining into the exterior with wrong sides together, aligning the seamlines and upper edge; pin. Machine baste the upper edge using a ¼" seam allowance.

Following the manufacturer’s instructions, install the male magnetic snap on the lower flap at the pattern marking.

Align the upper and lower flaps with right sides together. Stitch the sides and lower edge. trim the corners. turn right side out through the upper edge; press flat.

Stitch a simple backpack with a flap closure for a stylish back-to-school accessory.

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Classic Canvas Pack

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Align the flap upper edge and the back-exterior upper-edge with right sides together; pin. Machine baste ¼" from the upper edge.

Fold the strip in half lengthwise with wrong sides together; press, and then unfold. Fold one short end ½" toward the wrong side; press. Fold each long edge toward the center foldline; press. Unfold one long edge.

Position the long raw strip edge along the backpack upper edge on the right side, tucking the raw short end into the folded short end; pin (2). Stitch along the outer-most foldline.

Press the strip upward, and then press the flap upward. Wrap the strip around the upper-edge seam allowance, enclosing it within the fold. Fold the strip toward the backpack lining; pin. Edgestitch the first fold, making sure to keep the flap away from the stitching (3).

Select an .8mm-long and 5mm-wide zigzag stitch on the machine. Position the backpack with the back exterior facing up. insert one lower-strap short end through the left D-ring from the front, extending the short end ¾" from the D-ring; pin. Stitch over the short end to secure.

Insert the opposite lower-strap short end under one slide-buckle flat edge and around the slide center bar, extending the short end ¾" beyond the buckle; pin. Stitch the short end to secure (4).

Repeat to attach the remaining lower strap to the right D-ring and remaining slide buckle.

Fold the strap in half widthwise; pin-mark the center. Measure 4" to either side of the center pin; mark using a heat-removable fabric pen. align each mark with the back-exterior pattern markings; pin.

Topstitch each strap side 1⁄8" and ½" from the flap/backpack seamline, making sure the second stitching line follows the previous stitching line (5).

Double-fold one strap short end ½" toward the wrong side; topstitch. Repeat to stitch the remaining strap short end.

Insert the left-strap short end into the left slide buckle and the right-strap short end into the right slide buckle.

SOURCEShop Sew it all carries Pilot FriXion heat-removable fabric pens: shopsewitall.com.

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