Belmont - Online Class

Yes, you can totally make this bag on a regular home sewing machine! No heavy-duty or industrial machine required. For best results, we highly recommend working on a machine that has been well-maintained and using a new, sharp needle. Denim needles or nonstick needles (if working with waxed canvas) are our favorite!

All online classes are accessed through the Klum House website. Just make sure you're signed into your account, then go to "My Classes" in the top navigation on the site.

Once you complete your purchase, you will receive an email shortly after. In this email, there will be a button to access your class. If this is the first time you have purchased a class and/or you don't already have an account, you will be prompted to create one in the same email.

You can access and download the PDF pattern inside one of the modules in the class.

All the bag-specific online classes that are available to be purchased through our website are your for the lifetime that the class exists. The classes are on-demand videos, so you can watch & re-watch them as much as you want.

Note: The Fremont Online class is sold on Craftsy.com. Cohort-style classes, such as Beginner Bag Making, and Design + Sew, also have a live community component.

The Belmont Pack + Pouch is a Confident Beginner-level bag making project. The finished bag may look hella professional, but don't let that intimidate you! If you have a solid foundation of sewing knowledge, you'll do great. Be sure you have all of the correct tools on hand, and we also highly recommend signing up for the Belmont online class, as Ellie's video instructions are super helpful for visual learners and anyone who could use an extra post of confidence. If you're brand new to sewing, we recommend checking out our Sewing Machine 101 online class and perhaps a beginner bag making project, like the Portsmith Tote or Woodland Dopp Kit, and then come back to try the Belmont! 

These are the tools and sewing supplies we recommend having on hand for the optimal Belmont-making experience:

• All-purpose thread (the maker kit comes with two matching spools!)
• Size 100 denim needle or nonstick needle (our favorites for sewing heavy-duty fabric & waxed canvas)
• Craft clips (for securing multiple layers of waxed canvas)
• Straight pins (for accurately aligning and securing layers of fabric)
• 20" x 5" Quilting ruler (to measure and mark long, straight lines)
• 5" x 5" Quilting ruler (comes in handy for marking boxed corners)
• Bone folder (for scoring and pressing waxed canvas, can replace a fabric pencil!)
• Steel fabric roller (a quick, heat-free press for waxed canvas and other fabrics)
• Edgestitch presser foot (for perfectly-parallel stitches in relation to an edge or fold)
• Hammer + hard surface (for setting the rivet on the zipper pull)

Download the full Tools + Supplies List

Yes! We highly recommend adding the class for 50% off to your kit! Our pattern instructions are very clearly written and filled with helpful illustrations and caution moments. You can totally make your bag from the written instructions alone. However, if you're a visual learner, new to bag making, or feeling a little intimidated, the online class is the way to go. You'll get to learn directly from Ellie, the pattern designer herself, whose expert guidance goes above and beyond what we could possibly include in the instructions. It's like having a friend there with you at your sewing machine, walking you through every step.