Noodlehead Sewing Pattern - Range Backpack

Range Backpack Sewing Pattern

A useful and fun backpack to make! It’s great for any outing where you need to be hands free! Featuring a secure foldover top, front zippered pocket for easy access to essentials, and adjustable straps for year-round comfort, it’s an ideal addition to your collection of me-made bags. 

Range's Features:

• Foldover top with closure
• Front exterior zippered pocket
• Adjustable straps
• Interior slip pocket
• Hang loop
• Made entirely of rectangles, no need to cut out templates

Skill Level: Intermediate, or adventurous Advanced Beginner

Approx. Finished Dimensions: 15” tall (closed), 10 ½” wide x 4” deep (at base)

Recommended Fabrics: Waxed canvas (10-12 oz. weight), cork fabric, cotton canvas, cotton/linen canvas, denim for exterior and contrast bottom fabrics (quilting cotton may be substituted for exterior fabric requirement, add ½ yard of 6-9 oz. weight 44”-wide cotton canvas/duckcloth for stabilizer and an 18” square of low-loft cotton batting). Quilting cotton for lining fabric.

Materials needed:
• (Requirements based on 44”-wide fabric)
• ¾ yard (½ yard if 54”-wide fabric) Exterior Fabric
• ½ yard Contrast Bottom Fabric
• 1 ½ yards Lining Fabric (includes exterior closure, straps, and interior pocket)
• 3 ½ yards Fusible Woven Interfacing (Pellon SF101 - 20"-wide)
• 1 yard Medium-Weight Fusible Interfacing (Pellon 809 - 44” wide) ^
• (2) 1 ½”-wide rectangle rings & (2) 1 ½”-wide strap sliders
• (1) 8” zipper* for front zippered pocket
• (2) 1"-wide d-rings

Additional supplies + tools: Polyester thread, water-soluble pen/tailor’s chalk, cutting mat, ruler, rotary cutter, glue pen (Sewline glue pen is my favorite), size 14 or 16 denim or Microtex needle, turning tool, (optional) 9” length of 1”-wide cotton webbing/leather (replaces Hang Loop cut from Lining fabric), (if using quilting cotton for exterior fabric requirement) quilter’s spray baste, hera marker, walking foot.

Your paper pattern will include: Instruction booklet with step-by-step instructions and professional illustrations. Includes BOTH a full-size template pattern sheet AND rotary cutting instructions/measurements (just cut and sew, no need to cut out pattern pieces!!!), and a label sheet (metric and imperial label sheets both included) for keeping organized, all tucked into a resealable poly bag.

Sell finished items! You (the purchaser of this pattern) can sell finished items made using this pattern (on a home-based scale), credit to Anna Graham/ www.noodle-head.com is appreciated!

At Truro Fabrics we're a small, family-run business in the heart of Cornwall, UK. We love compiling our carefully chosen fabric collections and sharing beautiful products with our customers. All orders are lovingly wrapped in recycled tissue and re-purposed packaging, ready to arrive and be made into exciting creations.