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  • Workshop Replay: Make High-Quality Bags at Home with Canvas, Leather, and Rivets - Klum House

    Workshop Replay: 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 - Klum House

    Getting Started in Bag Making

    This is a recording of a live workshop that took place on January 11, 2023. Klum House founder Ellie Lum talks all about getting started in bag making! One of the most...

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  • How to care for Waxed Canvas - Klum House

    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 - Klum House

    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 - Klum House

    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 - Klum House

    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

    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 - Klum House

    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 - Klum House

    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 - Klum House

    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 - Klum House

    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 - Klum House

    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...

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