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Slabtown - Seasonal Bag Maker Kit
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The Slabtown is a heavy-duty rolltop backpack, built for adventurous makers. It features a spacious main compartment with quick-access zipper, front zipper pocket, adjustable leather backpack straps, and side pockets for water bottles.
The Slabtown combines function and style in equal parts. Whether it's a day on the trails, your daily cycling commute, or a weekend getaway, this bag will keep up with your active lifestyle and hold up to years of wear and tear. Pack your gear— there are adventures ahead!
This kit includes waxed canvas fabric, natural canvas lining, pre-cut leather, hardware, a full-size paper pattern template, PDF instructions booklet, and full PDF pattern. You have the option to add the online class, tools, and paper instructions booklet.
- Bag Dimensions: 17 1/2" H (rolled down) / 24 1/2" H (extended) x 11" W x 5.5" D
- 24.3 liters max capacity
- Heavy-duty, water-resistant waxed canvas exterior
- Fully-lined with natural army duck canvas
- Spacious main compartment with quick-access zipper
- Front zipper pocket
- Side pocket for water bottles
- Snap closures
- Adjustable leather backpack straps
- Additional 6" of capacity with rolltop extended
This kit includes all of the materials you need to make the Slabtown Backpack.
- Waxed canvas (10-12 oz)
- Natural canvas lining (10 oz)
- Pre-cut and hole-punched leather (8-10 oz)
- Industrial-strength tubular rivets
- Line 24 Snaps
- Metal Buckles(2)
- 12" Brass YKK zippers
- Twill Tape Binding
- Sew-in "I MADE THIS" label
- Slabtown paper template + PDF pattern
This project won't just help you make a badass, professional quality bag. It's also designed to teach you new heavy-duty sewing techniques that you can apply to all kinds of future bag making projects. In particular, the Slabtown will push the limits of what you thought was possible on a home sewing machine and turn you into a leather and hardware boss. You'll discover that you and your home machine are capable of more than you ever thought possible!
By the end, you'll be a pro at techniques like:
- Trace pattern pieces and cut fabric
- Sew layers of heavy-duty waxed canvas on a home machine
- Sew a zipper with lining fabric
- How to set line 24 snaps
- How to set extra strong tubular rivets
- Construct boxed corners
- How to finish seams with binding
- How to create adjustable leather backpack straps
- How to sew a hidden zipper compartment
- How to install buckles for adjustable straps
While you can sew the Slabtown Backpack on a home sewing machine (heavy-duty recommended), constructing the bag does require some specific tools for working with rivets and hardware:
- A tubular rivet peening tool and mallet to set the tubular rivets into the leather straps. Set rivets on a hard surface like concrete or stone for best results. Do not substitute for double-cap rivets or your bag will fall apart!
- To set the Line 24 snaps, you’ll need a Line 24 snap setter and a dot anvil.
- A 1/8" drive punch and mallet to punch clean holes in the fabrics. Use on a punching board.
You can add these tools to your kit individually or combined in the Slabtown Essential Tools Bundle for a discounted price! And don't forget to download the complete supplies list so you have everything you need to make your Slabtown Backpack!
Slabtown - Seasonal Bag Maker Kit
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Skill Levels
BEGINNER |
CONFIDENT BEGINNER |
Beginner projects will introduce you to the basics of bag making. You'll learn to sew heavy-duty fabric, punch holes in fabric and leather, set metal rivets, and sew your first zipper! |
Confident Beginner projects involve managing more pieces of fabric and leather. They'll teach you to add interior and exterior pockets and install new types of hardware, like snaps. |
INTERMEDIATE |
ADVANCED |
Intermediate projects involve a more in-depth making process. They'll teach you to work with a wider variety of tools and hardware techniques, like setting extra-strength tubular rivets. |
Advanced projects are for experienced stitchers ready to invest a significant amount of time and energy into becoming a bag maker. Complex construction and seriously professional results. |
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The Slabtown is a heavy-duty rolltop backpack, built for adventurous makers. It features a spacious main compartment with quick-access zipper, front zipper pocket, adjustable leather backpack straps, and side pockets for water bottles.
The Slabtown combines function and style in equal parts. Whether it's a day on the trails, your daily cycling commute, or a weekend getaway, this bag will keep up with your active lifestyle and hold up to years of wear and tear. Pack your gear— there are adventures ahead!
This kit includes waxed canvas fabric, natural canvas lining, pre-cut leather, hardware, a full-size paper pattern template, PDF instructions booklet, and full PDF pattern. You have the option to add the online class, tools, and paper instructions booklet.
- Bag Dimensions: 17 1/2" H (rolled down) / 24 1/2" H (extended) x 11" W x 5.5" D
- 24.3 liters max capacity
- Heavy-duty, water-resistant waxed canvas exterior
- Fully-lined with natural army duck canvas
- Spacious main compartment with quick-access zipper
- Front zipper pocket
- Side pocket for water bottles
- Snap closures
- Adjustable leather backpack straps
- Additional 6" of capacity with rolltop extended
This kit includes all of the materials you need to make the Slabtown Backpack.
- Waxed canvas (10-12 oz)
- Natural canvas lining (10 oz)
- Pre-cut and hole-punched leather (8-10 oz)
- Industrial-strength tubular rivets
- Line 24 Snaps
- Metal Buckles(2)
- 12" Brass YKK zippers
- Twill Tape Binding
- Sew-in "I MADE THIS" label
- Slabtown paper template + PDF pattern
This project won't just help you make a badass, professional quality bag. It's also designed to teach you new heavy-duty sewing techniques that you can apply to all kinds of future bag making projects. In particular, the Slabtown will push the limits of what you thought was possible on a home sewing machine and turn you into a leather and hardware boss. You'll discover that you and your home machine are capable of more than you ever thought possible!
By the end, you'll be a pro at techniques like:
- Trace pattern pieces and cut fabric
- Sew layers of heavy-duty waxed canvas on a home machine
- Sew a zipper with lining fabric
- How to set line 24 snaps
- How to set extra strong tubular rivets
- Construct boxed corners
- How to finish seams with binding
- How to create adjustable leather backpack straps
- How to sew a hidden zipper compartment
- How to install buckles for adjustable straps
While you can sew the Slabtown Backpack on a home sewing machine (heavy-duty recommended), constructing the bag does require some specific tools for working with rivets and hardware:
- A tubular rivet peening tool and mallet to set the tubular rivets into the leather straps. Set rivets on a hard surface like concrete or stone for best results. Do not substitute for double-cap rivets or your bag will fall apart!
- To set the Line 24 snaps, you’ll need a Line 24 snap setter and a dot anvil.
- A 1/8" drive punch and mallet to punch clean holes in the fabrics. Use on a punching board.
You can add these tools to your kit individually or combined in the Slabtown Essential Tools Bundle for a discounted price! And don't forget to download the complete supplies list so you have everything you need to make your Slabtown Backpack!
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Size-Inclusive Straps
The Slabtown pattern & kits are updated to accommodate a wider range of body sizes! We believe no one should wear uncomfortable straps or forego a fun project due to fit.