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’!
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.
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. 😊
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!
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.
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?
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 !
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.
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.
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.
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!
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. 😂
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!
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’!
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.
That black Jansport was a classic!😁
Thanks for the tips!
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!
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. 😊
Love your videos. You're fun....
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!
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.
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?
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!!!
Thank you. Good information 😁💕
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 !
Oooh totally! I was thinking of doing more cinematic sewing videos with emphasis on the details and not so much me talking.
@@fiercekittenz but your talking is hysterical lol!
I gotta stop laughing and pay attention.
Best needle for working with it? Also have you embroidered on it?
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.
Thank you for the info.
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.
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.
Thanks. I’m moving back to AZ, and it seems that you understand exactly the kind of temperature I mean.
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!
Hey I have that same waxed canvas from the same place!
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa?? ;) It's awesome, ain't it??
“Contracted to say” 😂
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. 😂
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!
Sorry, I wasn't paying attention, can you go over it again?
LOL
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Thank you!! Just starting out to use waxed canvas in the next month or so and this will help!