Beach duffle backpack – FREE pattern & tutorial
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Here is a duffle and a backpack in one, with the added bonus that the pattern and tutorial are 100% FREE.
The drawcord top gives the bag a great look and makes it fast and easy to load and unload the bag’s contents. Then you can slip it on as a backpack for hands-free strolling.
The Beach Duffle Backpack has the following features:
- A drawcord top
- Four generous 6″ deep pockets encircle the duffle with each seam secured with a tough double cap rivet
- The lining is water resistant ripstop nylon
- Rubberized metal grommets are used together with stylish cotton rope
- The straps are adjustable with rings and sliders so you can get your best fit
- The straps are made with soft webbing, layered with fabric, which gives a comfortable feel
- The bag is a great size – not too big and not too small
- Has a finished size of approximately 19″ high by 11″ wide
What you will need to make the Beach Duffle Backpack
- ¾ yard of quilting weight cotton for the main exterior
- ⅓ yard of quilting weight cotton for the exterior pocket panel
- ⅝ yard of quilting weight cotton for the exterior pocket panel lining, the upper facing, and the backpack straps
- ½ yard of poplin or similar for the base, upper grommet panel, and the drawcord slider in a solid color to coordinate with the fabrics
- 1 yard of ripstop nylon or similar for the lining in a solid color to coordinate with the fabrics
- 1 yard of fusible fleece
- ¼ yard of mid-weight fusible interfacing
- 2 yards of 1″ wide cotton webbing for the backpack straps
- One sheet of plastic canvas or similar for the base insert
- Five Dritz Double Cap Rivets in nickel (one package)
- Dritz Cutting and Setting tools for Double Cap Rivets
- Twelve ½” Dritz Fashion Grommets in white (two packages) with setting tools
- Two 1″ rectangle rings in nickel
- Two 1″ slide adjusters in nickel
- 1⅓ yards of soft rope or similar for the drawcord approximately ½” in diameter in order to fit through the ½” grommets
- Basic sewing supplies
- Sewing machine.
