Feeding Bag Adaption

Today I was checking out the clearance rack at our local store and spotted an insulated back pack.  It is one of those hydration bags for carrying water.  I knew it wouldn't work for carrying the actual feeding pump but Junior also needs an insulated bag for overnight feeds and for that he doesn't need it to hold the pump.  With him being on the blended diet instead of formula all his feeds need to be in an insulated back pack with ice packs.(I know there are a few places who now sell adapted feeding bags but doing them myself saves money) 
For overnight feeds it looked to be perfect. 

I took out the insert which holds water.(this pic was taken after I had already cut and put the seam in the side of the bag which is what the orange material is) 

 

 I then cut a slit on the lower portion of the side of the bag. I couldn't get my sewing machine to sew a seam across the back pack edge so ended up using a piece of material(the orange) over the cut edge.  With the material over the cut edge my machine would then allow me to put a straight seam across.  Everything else I had to hand stitch.  If you have a heavy duty machine then you likely could do all of it with the machine.  For the back side I just cut right along the edge where there was already a seam.

 I stitched a strip of velcro along the back edge.

 A couple of velcro strips sewn to the underside of the front edge

 The side with the velcro strips fastened.  I made the side slit fairly large to make it easier to get the bag in and hooked up so I added the velcro to be sure the bag is held closed so it doesn't warm up to quickly.

 Here it is with the feeding bag inside.  It had a velcro loop already inside so that was perfect. 

 The bottom of the bag where the tubing is coming out. 

 I like how the top of the bag sticks out to easily refill during the night.

 In this pic the feeding bag is full and there is and ice pack with it.  It still easily fits in the back pack.