The Insulated Bag
As you can see from the label inside of the bag, this bag was designed to hold food that will go into the refrigerator and freezer.
It is quite deep and measures 20" by 19" by 9".
The bag is made from a sandwich of tent fabric, tent flooring fabric, and Insul-Bright Insulating Batting.
Why add the Insul-Bright?
- Keep your hot foods hot, and your cold foods cold
- Consists of insulating hollow-core polyester fibers needlepunched through a nonwoven reflective mylar
- Hot or cold temperatures are reflected back to its source
- 100% polyester; insulating and breathable material
- Can be Machine washed cool/machine dry low
When sewing place the shiny side of Insul-Bright toward the hot/cold source.
I serged my fabric sandwich together. I love how the tent flooring will add a
waterproof inner layer to the bag.
Then, I sewed the front/back panel to the sides.
Look at how much the Windham fabrics added to the visual appeal of the insulated bag, compared to just the
blue tent fabric.
This fabric will be available in October of 2019.
The edges of the bag are finished with a matching bias tape that I made. It's tempting to just cut straight strips of fabric, but I know the finished product would not look as attractive. Going around the bottom curves would not hug the curves the way bias cut fabric does also.
I also made a top for my bag that would be able to "flow over the top" of bulky food items. I did not choose to have a zippered top, because I wanted the versatility of being able to fit over larger food items. I just wanted the top to help hold the cold inside, because I'm just going from the grocery store to home.
The insulated top is secured with
parachute buckles.
Smiles,
Deborah
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