Bucket Bag – Free PDF Sewing Pattern

A bucket bag that is both trendy and practical: a tubular shape inspired by the champagne bucket, a drawstring top and a chain handle. This free PDF sewing pattern is the one used in the step-by-step video.

🎥 The video tutorial

✂️ What you need

• 2 rectangles of fairly stiff fabric (jacquard, denim, faux leather, coated canvas), 35 cm high × 40 cm wide, for the outer bag;
• 2 rectangles of the same size in a softer fabric (cottonade, cretonne, poplin), for the lining;
• 2 rectangles 10 cm high × 40 cm wide for the top of the bag;
• 2 rectangles 10 cm high × 5 cm wide for the loops;
• 50 × 80 cm of fusible interfacing;
• 12 large eyelets, plus the setting pliers;
• 1 m of cord;
• 2 half-rings;
• 1 chain handle.

📐 The pattern pieces

• main piece: 37 × 32 cm — 2 in the outer fabric, 2 in the lining, 2 in the interfacing;
• top: 37 × 10 cm — 2 in the outer fabric, 2 in the interfacing;
• loops: 4.5 × 8 cm — 2 in the outer fabric.

📏 Characteristics

• one size;
• beginner level;
• seam allowances of 1 cm (3/8 in) included;
• languages: English, French, German, Spanish.

📦 What you get

• EN-A4-Bucket-Bag.pdf: the pattern in English, 4 A4 pages to butt together (2 × 2);
• EN-LETTER-Bucket-Bag.pdf: the same pattern in US Letter, 6 pages, with the 5 cm and 1 inch test squares and the trim lines explained;
• in the same download: the French, German and Spanish A4 versions;
• a step-by-step video tutorial on the Couture Enfant channel.

Check the 5 cm test square before cutting: the pattern is only true to scale at 100 % printing.