Canyon Springs Buckthorn Backpack

This Canyon Springs Buckthorn Backpack just had to be! I recently added some striped webbing to my shop, and once I saw it with Canyon Springs, I couldn’t resist!

Canyon Springs is a collection of woven fabrics by Fableism Supply Co. I had been spotting Fableism around Instagram for a while. When their Canyon Springs collection started arriving in shops earlier this summer I snagged some right away. I got mine from Binded With Love (a WI based Etsy shop run by Sara). It’s always a good thing when you feel inspired to make something just by getting some fabric that you love.

I bought mostly half yard cuts, it’s usually my default cut size I buy when I’m not sure what I’ll be making with it! Of course I decided to make one of my patterns that calls for a 3/4 yard cut, but never fear! I always say it’s the best part about sewing, you can do what you want! So I fumbled around and decided I had enough to have the main body of the backpack using Canyon Springs and then the rest (the oval base and the Strap Reinforcement Strip on the back) I could cut from some beautiful dark brown waxed canvas. It’s lined with my go-to Big Sur canvas in Natural.

I love how it turned out, everything went together smoothly. Because Canyon Springs is a woven fabric, I recommend is interfacing the Top Binding piece (which I did, it gives it some nice stabilization). I used fusible fleece as called for for the exterior interfacing and a medium-weight fusible woven interfacing (Emmaline Bag EB-Fuse Medium) on the lining pieces. I’m very happy with how it turned out. You could also use Soft and Stable as the exterior interfacing (skipping interfacing on the lining), just be prepared to trim down the top opening a bit once you’ve sewn your top binding on.