Noodlehead Making Backpack Pattern

(Also available in Making Magazine No.5 Color, available here) A backpack that’s perfect in its simplicity, but also great for customizing. Choose your favorite canvas (prints or solids) or waxed canvas and get to work creating your very own custom backpack. front slip pocket interior zip pocket adjustable shoulder straps useful top handles Skill Level: Advanced Beginner + Approx. Finished Dimensions: 11 ½” wide x 15” tall x 5” deep (29 cm x 38 cm x 12 cm) Requirements based on 44”-wide fabric. 1 yard (1 m) Exterior Fabric 1 yard (1 m) Lining Fabric 2 yards (1.8 m) Fusible Woven Interfacing (Pellon SF101- 20”-wide) 1 yard (1 m) Medium Weight Fusible Interfacing (Pellon 809 - 42”-wide)^ ½ yard (0.4 m) Foam Stabilizer (ByAnnie’s or 1 yard (1 m) Pellon Flex-Foam) ^ (2) 1 ½” (3.8 cm) wide rectangle rings & (2) 1 ½” (3.8 cm) wide strap sliders (1) 22” (55 cm) zipper for top closure (1) 8” (20 cm) zipper for interior zip pocket 1 1/8 yards (1 m) of 1” (2.5 cm) wide cotton or poly we