Star Insulated Snack Bag {Pellon Projects Free Pattern}

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Last fall my baby went to preschool. I’m not sure I’m ready for this growing up thing. They had a snack time at school, and since he would be carrying a backpack, I made him a little snack bag to take his snack in. Here’s the original:

Not long after I made it, I saw that Pellon had an insulated film, 940 Insul-Film™ coming out, and I knew it would be perfect for this project, especially since carrots and tomatoes kept coming home from school uneaten because they were warm!

Since I had used a scaled down letter from another tutorial {see the original post for details}, I decided to do an embroidered initial for the new one, something easier for anyone to personalize {alternately, you could use applique too!}. I drew a letter ‘S’, back stitched around it and then filled it with satin stitch {you can find more details on embroidery stitches here}. I thought the star was a fun option as well, because it could be left blank or used for a special fussy cut too!

Of course, once big brother had a snack bag, little sister needed one too! I filled the ‘N’ on hers with french knots. And, best of all, with a little ice pouch {or a refrigerated juice pouch or water bottle} the veggies were staying cool!

A quick note about Insul-Film™ – through trial and error, I discovered that it does melt if it comes in contact with a hot iron {I generally use mine on the highest setting}, so use the iron on a warm setting. However, it had no problems in the warm wash or dryer.

Take a moment to visit the Pellon Projects site, not only for this tutorial, but for tons of amazing tutorials. I’m a big fan of Pellon, so it is great to collaborate with them! If you make a snack bag of your own, I’d love for you to share it. Either e-mail me or tag #starsnackbag on social media {tag me on Instagram @cloverandviolet}.