Via Starwars.com:
I love carrying a little bit of Star Wars fun with me everywhere I go. If I can incorporate my fandom into a practical item, so much the better! So it’s a short jump to get the idea to make Star Wars bags to tote around all of my daily essentials. This is the kind of project I love, because you can do almost anything you like, design-wise. While all of the bags below are purses, you can easily use the same applique technique on messenger bags, backpacks, etc.

Here’s how I made mine:

The pattern I chose for my first bag — Swoon’s free Ramona pattern — has optional stripe details on the front. Instead of going with straight striping, I decided it would be fun to use the shapes of the flaps that cover Artoo’s linkage and control arms.

I just drew those onto the paper side of a piece of Heat’n Bond Iron-On Adhesive, then adhered that to blue fabric and cut out the shapes.

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