These bags, designed to fit a bicycle’s rear rack, are just the thing for mobile storage. The design aims to reduce heel-strike, while the clever carrying handle provides easy portability. The straps offer a bit extra carrying capacity; slip in a rolled up newspaper or magazine on your way to your favorite cafe.  Use some laminated fabric, vinyl, or oilcloth to keep your belongings dry. Get the Pattern & Tutorial Just Arrived - Today's Newest Fabric Collections! Holiday Proje

Learn how to sew a very functional vehicle seat storage bag with Jenny Garland This sewing tutorial by Jenny Garland demonstrates how to sew a very functional vehicle seat “Diddy” bag. You can use it as a litter bag or as a toy/activity bag.   The interior of this storage bag is sewn out of laminated cotton fabric, but of course you could make this bag with wipe-clean surface such as oilcloth, vinyl, or a marine-grade acrylic canvas.  If you have a rotary cutter and would lik

We really like this bag pattern by Ayumi because this bag, measuring approximately 9″(width) x 7 1/2 “(height without handles) x 5 1/2” (depth), can be used not only for bento boxes of any kind but also for carrying little crafty projects like crochet yarn + needles.  These bags have a drawstring cover inside that provides privacy for whatever is in there as well as prevent things from getting dusty or dirty. Get the Free Lunch Bag Sewing Tutorial Advertisemenrt Oilcloth is v

This lunch bag sewing pattern by Kyoko Nakayoshi at Cotton & Cloud is for the advanced beginner seamstress.  A full-length photo-based sewing tutorial accompanies this free PDF pattern.  This lunch tote is an easy sewing project that allows us to choose among several types of fabric or “material” such as oilcloth, vinyl, canvas, PVC, laminated cotton, etc. Get the Pattern Check out the tips for sewing with oilcloth in the free four-minute video with Kelly McCants  author of S