Maywood - Online Class

No industrial or heavy duty machine needed— create a professional-quality bag successfully on a wide range of regular home sewing machines.

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.

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 Maywood Totepack has tubular rivets, which must be set with a tubular rivet peening tool and a (non-rubber!) mallet on a hard surface, such as a slab of stone, metal anvil, or concrete floor.

To set the magnetic snap rivet, you’ll need a Magnetic Snap Rivet Setter or a Dot Anvil (not as professional of a result, but will do in a pinch). Finally, to punch holes in fabric you’ll need a 3/32” drive punch, which is used with a mallet on a cutting board.

You can add these tools to your kit individually, or combined in The Maywood + Naito Essential Tools Bundle for a discounted price!

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Tubular rivets are much stronger than double-cap rivets. Since The Maywood is a backpack, the straps pull away from the bag at the attachment points, which makes double-cap rivets unreliable, since they can pop-apart when pulled with opposing force. On the other hand, tubular rivets are made to withstand this force, and will stay in place (especially when reinforced with leather on the backside of the fabric).

So, in a nutshell, The Maywood is designed to stand the test of time! Please don't substitute double-cap rivets for the tubular ones when making The Maywood. Also note: tubular rivets need to be set with a Tubular Rivet Peening Tool (and a non-rubber mallet).

The Maywood is an intermediate level project. Intermediate projects involve a more in-depth making process. They'll teach you to work with a wider variety of tools and hardware techniques, like setting extra-strength tubular rivets.

The making time for intermediate projects is estimated at 6-8 hours. Having said that, each maker has their own pace and process. We recommend adding the online class for extra support and to ensure a seamless (no pun intended 😉) making experience.