{"id":417,"date":"2016-08-26T00:01:25","date_gmt":"2016-08-26T05:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lisa.rushworth.us\/?p=417"},"modified":"2016-08-26T00:01:25","modified_gmt":"2016-08-26T05:01:25","slug":"owl-backpack-cutting-pieces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/?p=417","title":{"rendered":"Owl Backpack – Cutting Pieces"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just started cutting the pieces for Anya’s Owl Backpack <\/a>(a pattern we found on Moda BakeShop). I am making one tweak to the pattern — the front pocket (a.k.a. the owl’s body) is going to be lined in the laminated fabric. Leaky pens, melted crayons … hopefully this will mitigate staining.<\/p>\n

We finished cutting the front and back pieces tonight. Tomorrow, we’ll cut out the top\/side\/bottom rectangles. I didn’t realize the bird fabric <\/a>is 54″ wide … this may be the lining for several backpacks as Anya grows \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

I think the polka-dot fabric<\/a> looks rather nice with the laminate. There’s a bird the same shade of blue, and there’s a bird the shade of pink I’ll be using for the piping and zipper.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_20160825_232312\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The pattern itself I found a little hard to follow. I love that they save paper\/ink by not printing a bunch of rectangles, but there are instructions to cut a specific size rectangle from one of the fabrics or another scattered throughout the document. I read through the entire thing three times before I found the rest of the backpack back exterior. To avoid missing any pieces, I searched through the document for the string ‘cut’ and listed out each piece. This list is categorized by fabric. Odd, since they have a “recipe” at the beginning of the article, that they don’t do something similar.<\/p>\n

Laminate:
\n(2)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a015 1\/2 x 2 1\/2\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0zipper opening interior
\n(2)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a08 3\/4 x 4 1\/2\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0side of backpack interior
\n(1)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a010 1\/2 x 4 1\/4\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0bottom of backpack interior
\n(2)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<backpack back pattern>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0front and back
\n(2)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<owl belly pocket>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0owl pocket lining<\/p>\n

Insul-brite
\n(2)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a08 x 4\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0side of backpack insulation
\n(1)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a010 x 4\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0bottom of backpack insulation
\n(2)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<backpack lining pattern>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0front and back<\/p>\n

Twill:
\n(2)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a015 1\/2 x 2 1\/2\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0zipper opening exterior
\n(2)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a08 1\/2 x 4 1\/2\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0side of backpack exterior
\n(1)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a010 1\/2 x 4 1\/2\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0bottom of backpack exterior
\n(1)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a010 1\/2 x 9\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0backpack back
\n(1)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<backpack back half-circle>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0backpack back
\n(1)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<front back pattern>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0front
\n(2)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a022 x 4\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0straps
\n(2)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a02 1\/2 x 4\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0strap attachment mount<\/p>\n

Mesh:
\n(2)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a05 1\/2 x 7 1\/2\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0mesh pocket<\/p>\n

Piping Fabric:
\n(2)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a07 1\/2 x 3 1\/2\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0mesh pocket casing<\/p>\n

Random fabrics for owl:
\n(1)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<owl pocket lining>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0owl pocket
\n(2)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<owl face pieces>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0owl face
\n(4)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<owl wing pieces>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0owl wings<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I just started cutting the pieces for Anya’s Owl Backpack (a pattern we found on Moda BakeShop). I am making one tweak to the pattern — the front pocket (a.k.a. the owl’s body) is going to be lined in the laminated fabric. Leaky pens, melted crayons … hopefully this will mitigate staining. We finished cutting …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[51,4,8],"class_list":["post-417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sewing","tag-crafts","tag-sewing-2","tag-wip"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=417"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":420,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417\/revisions\/420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}