The Bucket Bag Pattern
The Bucket Bag Pattern
Meet your new favorite project bag—The Bucket Bag! This precut-friendly design combines practical storage with plenty of quilty charm. Featuring a patchwork exterior made with 2½" charm squares, it’s a fun way to use mini charms, scraps, or coordinating fabrics from your stash.
The Bucket Bag has a fully lined interior, flat bottom, and drawstring closure, making it perfect for storing and carrying sewing, quilting, knitting, crochet, and other on-the-go craft projects. Wooden beads add a sweet finishing touch to the drawstrings.
Designed for intermediate sewists, the pattern uses standard machine sewing, topstitching, and curved-seam techniques.
Finished Size: 11½" H × 7½" W
Skill Level: Intermediate
Pattern Format: Printed Paper Pattern
Supplies Required
- 36 – 2½" charm squares
- ¼ yard accent fabric
- ⅜ yard lining fabric
- ⅛ yard fabric for drawstrings OR 2 yards twill tape/cording
- ¾ yard Pellon 50 Heavyweight Sew-In Stabilizer (20" wide)
- 2 wooden beads, ½"–1"
Fabric requirements allow for directional prints.
Additional Pattern Information
The pattern includes Template A for creating the circular portion needed for the bag. The ¼-circle template should be repeated along the indicated lines to create a full circle before cutting the fabric. A 1" scale-check box is provided to ensure the template is printed at the correct size.
Video tutorials are also available from the pattern designer to help guide you through construction.
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