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Make High-Quality Bags at Home with Canvas, Leather, and Rivets
In this workshop replay, Ellie teaches all about making high-quality bags at home with waxed canvas, the best leather for straps, and two types of rivets (double-cap & tubular), as well as setting tools, best...
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Getting Started in Bag Making
In this workshop replay, Klum-house founder Ellie Lum talks all about getting started in bag making! One of the most common questions we get here at Klum-house is: What sewing...
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How to care for Waxed Canvas
The best thing about waxed canvas is that it only gets better with age, but even the most trusty fabric needs a little love to stay in fighting shape year...
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Introducing Cobalt
Today we're introducing a new color of waxed canvas to our collection: COBALT! But the cobalt fun doesn't stop there. We've also added cobalt waxed canvas as an option on ALL...
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Free Project! Waxed Canvas Lunch Sack
Gather up all the scraps from your waxed canvas yardage—we've got a project to put them to use! This handy lunch sack is just a tad bit bigger than...
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How to Clean Wax From Your Machine
Waxed canvas is a mid-weight cotton fabric that has been saturated with wax, giving it an extra layer of protection against the elements. When sewing, the teeth of the feed...
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Waxed Canvas: Our Favorite Bag Making Fabric
Klum-house founder Ellie Lum talks all about our favorite bag making fabric–waxed canvas! You'll learn the basics about what waxed canvas is, how it's made, and where it comes...
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Color Inspo: Navy, Burgundy, Slate Blue
Today we are launching three new colors of waxed canvas yardage: burgundy, slate blue, and navy! This is the same, premium-quality waxed canvas that comes pre-cut in our full maker kits—now available...
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Color Inspo: Marigold, Berry, Natural
Today we are launching three new colors of waxed canvas yardage: marigold, berry, and natural, along with our much-asked-for natural canvas lining fabric! This is the...
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Color Inspo: Field Tan + Dark Brown
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Field tan and dark brown are two of our new waxed canvas colors—now available by the yard! These earthy neutrals feel timeless and elemental, for a bag that would...
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Color Inspo: Spring Green + Moss
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Spring green and moss are two of our new waxed canvas colors—now available by the yard! These greens are lush and full of life, just like the landscape here...
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Essential Guide to Waxed Canvas
Fabric for practicality If you’ve ever made a bag from a Klum-house kit, you know that we are big fans of waxed canvas around here. Waxed canvas is our...