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Rockstar Bag Pattern Test! (and I'm BACK!)

It's been a while!  In between this post and the last I have moved house to another state, enrolled the kids in school and childcare, found and started a new job and (mostly) sorted out the new house!

I have also been sneakily sewing...


This is the Rockstar Bag - the new pattern from the lovely Sara Lawson at Sew Sweetness.  I was super lucky to get picked as a pattern tester for this one, and it's frankly my most favouritest bag ever!

I used fabrics from my stash - mostly this super funky Echino large scale polka dot.  The colour looks pretty true here, perhaps a little bit more mustardy in real life?

This bag pattern is (as ever...) awesome!  There are tons of details and the result is super professional.  As ever, I totally cocked one bit of it up (the sizing of the main panels) but not so significantly that the end result isn't great.  I think if you make this according to instructions at appropriate scale, it would be about 1 inch wider.  C'est la vie...


Another thing I stupidly did was picked up the incorrect set of D-Rings for the third strap attachments on the side.  As you can see, the front has nicely sized D-rings attaching the straps, but here I used a rivet instead of the ridiculously large set I managed to buy in place of the smaller ones when I was vagueing out in Spotlight.  I think it looks pretty cool anyway, and if I had done the rivets on the slanted flap on the front of the bag it would have tied in nicely.



I used this bag today at work and it was a great size.  I found the shoulder strap good, the other handles a good length and I just love how it looks.

Happy days :)

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  1. Beautiful bag, I like the fabric combo and the eyelets for the straps look great !!!

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    1. Thanks! I was so excited to find both of those fabrics in my stash too - I can't believe I haven't used them until now :)

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  2. É realmente linda muito obrigada por seus lindos trabalhos

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