Spooky Basket: Killstar Stuff.

So earlier in the year I was given a couple Killstar goodies by a friend for my birthday….Well, ‘given’ is a loose term I’m using to feel better about the circumstances, hehe; I made an agreement and gave only half of it at the time but since my birthday was close by he said to consider it a birthday gift… though I technically still owe him the other half of our bargain to this day.Tangent aside, I received the Cult Ritual Hood and the Grave Digger Skull Bag; a picture of me wearing the hoodie can be seen here: IG @ mari_mortem, along with a couple scattered ones of the purse incorporated in a couple outfits.The hoodie runs very big– it’s for men after all. We initially ordered a medium, and I was drowning in it in the most unflattering way. I know it’s supposed to be kind of baggy, but this was very comical.Exchanging it was a relatively easy process for those living within the US… but I hear it’s kind of pain for those outside. One of my friends was charged over $200 CAD for customs fees– quite ridiculous.I exchanged it for an XS and now it fits the way it should. I’m very happy with the material of it, it’s a nice thick sweatshirt fleece material; one side is smooth like jersey almost like a ponte, and the inside/wrong side has fleece. I think the seams could be reinforced by looking at them, but I don’t fully expect a major malfunction… however, living in San Antonio, I don’t have many days I can wear it for any length of time to be certain of this. Regardless, I am a seamstress, I can fix whatever may rip on it… it would just be very unfortunate to discover major flaws for the price you’re paying.Which seems to be something I’m good at doing it.Finding flaws.The Grave digger purse… how pretty it is! …

Sad to say that I found its flaw.It’s no surprise the bag handles awkwardly. It’s not soft, it’s hard and somewhat cumbersome– although I could also argue that part of the reason I love it was for the size and amount of room within it.Nothing technically ripped off like the case of my eyeball bag from Kreepsville which was an incredibly infuriating shoddy craftsmanship discovery, but rather for the grave digger bag it was merely a bad choice of notions.

These appeared to be actual rivets that are originally installed into the bag, but after a few occassions wearing it out I was unfortunate to discover the hard way that these were actually the screw-in type.My bag fell off my shoulder– d-ring, tab and all– because the simple sway of the awkward bag managed to unscrew the rivet from its seating. Since this doesn’t have any other handle, I carried it like a basketball back to the car.

I thought, maybe it was a fluke maybe I just need to tighten it better because it wasn’t fully done so in the manufacturing process. But again on a different occasion, it eventually unscrewed itself in the sway and I carried it back to the car the same way as before.So, frustrated, I took a little knife and slit the lining, removed these stupid screw ins and replaced them with real, heavy-duty-for-leather-rivets.

I haven’t had an issue since. Knock on wood.