
Japanese friends requested me to make a lunch bag by wool felt. We have a tradition to take “Obentou” (lunch box) with us to schools, and now more and more young people (men, too!) are taking lunch boxes and a (or a couple of) bottle of tea to their work as well. Wool has high thermal nature that is good for keeping the food warm/cold. But machine wash is not suitable for wool felt, so I am thinking to make a bag-in-bag made of cotton or linen, too.

I made the other bag with easier patterns and taller proportion. But no, no, still not good.. seam allowances on the side should be outside a bag, because they also make the bag’s capacity a bit smaller.

Now it came! I found the design! Well, thick felt always need the least amount of human’s work to be beautiful as a form. I shouldn’t fiddle with the material too much ;)

I thought the handles should be white with sharp line. I made the other handle with natural brown to compare.

I went to local textile shop to find clothes for the bag-in-bag. I wanted to get some animal prints made in Finland, but they had clothes only from Germany.
Now I’m contacting a Finnish textile design company and a Japanese one, both are my friends’ companies. Their designs are lovely, so I’m looking forward to hearing from them soon!