Trailhead Gym Sack
Drawstring backpack · One size · 36 × 44 cm · Beginner
A simple drawstring backpack with cord channels and reinforced corner loops, for sport kit, swimming or school.
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About the pattern
Trailhead is the classic gym sack: two panels, a channel at the top and two long cords that close the bag and form the shoulder straps through loops at the bottom corners.
Finished size 36 × 44 cm, with 1.6 m cords for teens and adults (shorten them for children).
Inside the pattern
- Full-size pattern pieces (One size · 36 × 44 cm)
- Home-printing files for A4 and US Letter (7 and 7 pages, with 10 cm and 4 in test squares) and an A0 copy-shop file
- Instruction booklet: fabric amounts per size for 110 and 150 cm wide fabric, size chart, cutting layouts and 6 numbered steps
- 2 pattern pieces; seam allowances included (1 cm)
Sizes, fabric & notions
| Skill level | Beginner |
|---|---|
| Sizes | One size · 36 × 44 cm |
| Formats | A4 · US Letter · A0 copy shop |
| Suggested fabrics | Canvas, cotton duck, denim, ripstop nylon, waterproof poly-canvas or upholstery fabric |
| Fabric needed | 0.60 m at 150 cm wide; 0.60 m at 110 cm wide |
| Notions | Two cords, 6-8 mm thick, 1.6 m each; Safety pin or bodkin |
| Pieces | 2 |
| Seam allowance | 1 cm, included |
Download & licence
This is a digital pattern: your ZIP is available immediately after payment, on the order confirmation page, by email and under Downloads in your account. Print at 100% (“actual size”) and check the test square before cutting.
Licence: personal use, and you may sell handmade items made from the pattern. Please do not share or resell the files. Faulty files are always replaced — write to support@notchandseam.com. Returns & withdrawal.


