When I ordered the boys’ lunchboxes a few weeks ago, the one Carter wanted was on back order. I told him he could pick a different design or take his lunch in something else for the first few weeks of school. He decided he wanted to wait for the one he wanted. Tonight as we were putting lunches together for tomorrow he realized that we don’t have any brown paper lunch bags here and he didn’t want to take his lunch in a plastic bag. I told him I could sew him one, so he went to pull out the sewing machine while I scrounged for fabric.
At home I have a large fabric stash, but I didn’t ship any of it here. So I went fabric shopping in Carter’s closet. His favorite pair of shorts is frayed and holes have started wearing through the seat, so I asked him if he wanted to use them to make his lunch bag.
I cut a panel of fabric and lined up the hem with the waistband, right sides together. Carter helped sew up the side seams and turn it right side out. The pocket is the perfect size for a granola bar and since I used the entire length of the shorts, no hemming required.
As a closure I used one of the buttons that was already in the waistband (used to adjust the waist size), sewed in the matching button, and added buttonholes. Ta da! Temporary lunch bag.