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
- 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 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.
