Lunch Bag Tutorial, from Ayumi

I have made this lunch box before, I really love it!

I had a girl's night with my daughters and we all made the bags, you can see the post here.

I think the bag is pretty and functional.

The pattern is Ayumi's tutorial from Pink Penguin, you can see it here.

I had the fabric  left over from our girl's night, one of my daughters didn't show up...

The bag is nice and stiff because I used medium weight interfacing.

 The casing is so easy to make, notice the opening for the ties.

The bag can hold a lot, it's very roomy.

Your needlework, lunch, knitting, toys for a toddler, or a small diaper bag.

It could hold a couple of diapers, a travel case of wet wipes and a little toy or extra outfit.

 I recommend that you try making this bag.

I give it an A+.

Think of the possibilities, they're endless!!!

Girl's Night, the results!

We had our girl's night at Rebecca's house.

Rebecca has a 2 year old daughter named Maisie, and a baby boy  due at the end of October ♥.

Lindsay came.....

.....she has three children, Bridger is 7, going into first grade, Kennedy is almost 5, going into Kindergarten, and Charlotte is 2.

....and Kimalee came,

Kim has a 20 month old daughter named Reagan.

Unfortunately, Mabulane and Vanessa weren't able to make it.

Everyone chose their color combos that I had precut, and I showed them the project.  We made the lunch bag tutorial by Ayumi, from the Pink Penguin blog. This was one of the first projects that I pinned ("random tutorial" board) when I first started Pinterest.  I have wanted to make this bag for a long time!  Ayumi did an excellent job with her photographs and directions.

We did a lot of sewing......

And a lot of pressing......

After about 3 hours, we were finished!

I bought this Amy Butler fabric at the last minute, because I thought I was minus one kit.  Aren't the colors beautiful?  Unfortunately I forgot to take a closeup.  I liked the fabric so much that I bought more to take home and make another bag :)

Lindsay chose the cute pink gingham elephants, with yellow fabric and pink polka dots.  Reminds me of bubble gum!  (I don't know why!!!)  It is so cute.

I love Kim's too!  She chose the yellow Japanese print, with an alphabet cover.  I always like red fabric with white polka dots.  It is adorable.

I love this bright pink fabric with flowers, and I have the same cover as Lindsay's, the yellow with pink polka dots.

We had a great time and it was fun to complete a project in one evening.

I took some pictures of my bag during the day, with better light.

Notice the word "hope" on the handle?

The inside of the bag itself is completely lined.

The bag opens up nice and wide at the top.  You can use the bag to carry your embroidery with you, your hexagons that you are handstitching during children's soccer practices (ha ha!), and Lindsaymy suggested using it as a makeup bag. There are so many things you could use the bag for.

I hope I have inspired you to make one of these bags, they were a lot of fun to make.  It would make a great gift too!