How to Use Waxed Canvas: Just the Basics

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@kevinmaloney8243 6 ай бұрын

Great video on waxed canvas! I have been using waxed canvas for bag making for several years now and sew with industrial machines. The first waxed canvas that I had tried came from a local fabric store and it was a marginal quality product. I then purchased waxed canvas from Sailrite, and their product is wonderful. Sailrite offers two varieties: a Heavy Waxed Canvas and a Light Waxed Canvas. In both products the canvas is the same weight. However, what makes them different is the weight of wax applied to each square foot of material. So, a lighter weight and a heavier weight material. Also, contrary to what a person may think, Sailrite offers a canvas basting tape does actually work fairly well on waxed canvas to hold zippers in place during assembly. Anyway, that’s my 2 cents worth relative to waxed canvas. Keep on sewin’!

@lauragribble5796 6 ай бұрын

That black Jansport was a classic!😁 Thanks for the tips!

@TonyaKoski Ай бұрын

Omgoodness I am so glad I found this video. You are wonderful. Keep up the good work

@karinmacdonald6607 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tips.. I’m new to machine sewing bags and I love the look of the waxed canvas. I’d love to see you do a video with a build with waxed canvas 😊. Love your sense of humor !

@fiercekittenz 6 ай бұрын

Oooh totally! I was thinking of doing more cinematic sewing videos with emphasis on the details and not so much me talking.

@karinmacdonald6607 6 ай бұрын

@@fiercekittenz but your talking is hysterical lol!

@paulasews 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tips! I have a piece of waxed canvas planned for a bag. Glad I saw this before ruining all my marking tools!

@roxibee1 2 ай бұрын

Klum house has several bags designed for waxed canvas most 12 oz. She also sells canvas, tools, leather, zips, rivets, etc.

@cwilliams4227 5 ай бұрын

I have been playing with DIY wax over the last few weeks. Waxed denim from old jeans is cool for a rustic bag. Even a light cotton canvas waxed becomes quite stiff and holds shape and is easily sewn with a domestic machine. The colours of fabric look nicer waxed. Kind of similar if it were wet. Bees wax has a nice smell but expensive. A cheap large candle (pull out the wick), a cheese grater, an old iron and baking paper is a cheap way to start. I just ordered some powdered Soy wax. It has a higher melting point and you skip the grating step.

@denisebooth866 6 ай бұрын

Thank you. Good information 😁💕

@cornwasher 6 ай бұрын

Love your videos. You're fun....

@cherylmartinez8539 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for the info.

@LedgerAndLace 6 ай бұрын

Those dang influencers! Waxed canvas just makes me think "rugged." Tote bags or a rain cape if I somehow ended up in an old western. It just looks very cool!

@mkrgonzales 6 ай бұрын

“Contracted to say” 😂

@janettesartmood 5 ай бұрын

I use the same thing to mark waxed canvas as I do for leather--my leather awl, or I guess in bag making they're called stilettos. They make nice, easy to see lines--of course I don't mark anything on the outside that you'll be able to see. 😊

@janelporter 6 ай бұрын

hello there! very nice video--you make me want to go out an buy some waxed canvas to play with...but i have such a huge stash of all kinds of stuff right now that i just GOTTA use a few pieces before i go out and get more!!! love your channel...i have a couple of questions for you. i am REALLY interested in making structured handbags out of faux leather--what is best to use for stiffener for the sides/bottom of the bag? is Peltex a viable option? in several other videos i have watched, something referred to as 'chipboard' or 'purseboard' has been mentioned; do you know what that is and where i could source it? can it be sewn through? i have a juki tl2010q machine and of course even though i'm a newbie (to pursemaking not sewing) i want to jump in and start with the 'hard stuff'--it's just my nature! any recommendations would be appreciated. thank you!

@fiercekittenz 6 ай бұрын

It really depends on the size of the bag and its shape. Sometimes Peltex is enough and then other times you need the board substitute. I’ve never made a bag large enough that needed that at the bottom.

@jilldesiree8780 6 ай бұрын

Best needle for working with it? Also have you embroidered on it?

@fiercekittenz 6 ай бұрын

I HAVE embroidered it! It wasn't interfaced at the time, so the mediumweight cutaway stabilizer was fine. I didn't change my needles. They were still 75/11. For my sewing machine it really depends on how heavy everything is after it's been interfaced and sewn to another thick fabric panel. I almost always sew my heavier bags (canvas and beyond) with a size 21 needle, but that's on my industrial Juki.

@alicekelly4975 6 ай бұрын

Ugh, I was so dumb, I was not thinking and used chalk, fricken blue chalk to mark lines for handles. I can’t get the blue lines off, so they are now a design element because I already sewed handles and bag tag.. I do love waxed canvas, making the Aurora big tote ( Sallie Tomato) , with cork bottom and handles, with a webbing cross body strap, WRC lining…and the frick’n blue chalk lines. 😂

@fiercekittenz 6 ай бұрын

LOL oh no!!! I was working with black waxed canvas and typically mark darker fabrics with a white gel pen. The gel pen is in the trash now. Completely wrecked!

@susanv5684 6 ай бұрын

I’m curious what it’s like to use waxed canvas if you live in a place that gets over 100 degrees F in the summer, meaning will anything happen to the texture of my bag if I carry it outdoors for a couple hours.

@fiercekittenz 6 ай бұрын

Nah probably not, but I am not sure I'd leave it sitting in a hot car or in direct sunlight - speaking purely as someone who tested the "can I bake cookies on my dashboard" when I lived in TX.

@susanv5684 6 ай бұрын

Thanks. I’m moving back to AZ, and it seems that you understand exactly the kind of temperature I mean.

@NicaMiller 6 ай бұрын

Hey I have that same waxed canvas from the same place!

@fiercekittenz 6 ай бұрын

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa?? ;) It's awesome, ain't it??

@lisatomnitz5071 6 ай бұрын

I live in AZ and while I love the look I’ve been afraid to try using it. Crayons left in the car was a scary thought when my kids were little. I’m afraid if the bag got left in the car, I would never get the residue off of my upholstery anyone have experience with it in significant heat?

@fiercekittenz 6 ай бұрын

The number of door handle "goldfish storage cubbies" I've had RUINED from restaurant crayons over the years I lived in TX is tooooo daaaang hiiiigh!!!