getting ready for school: the lunch box

We still have a couple days before

school starts,

so we are getting ready!

The backpacks are still good,

but Miss C. needed a new lunch box.

This year I decided to make her one,

ever since I saw this tutorial at Pink Penguin,

I have been wanting to sew one.

So I did!

Isn't it just the cutest?

I used 2 Japanese prints (the snack fabric and the purple/blue flowers),

 some other quilting prints,

and some polka dot oil cloth.

More than 16 years ago, I spent 2 months in Japan,

and one of the things I brought back is

this cute bento box:

So I was very happy to sew my own,

well for Miss C.!

The inside is perfect to pack a sandwich, a fruit
and a drink.
With the oil cloth, it should be easy to clean
any "accident".

The closed top insures that no lunch will be lost!

Overall, it has been a great project,
the tutorial is easy to follow,
I might need to make one for me too,
after all one is never too old for a cute lunch box....
Now where am I going to go eat lunch?

Happy sewing!

sharing at http://kojodesigns.blogspot.com/