This tool roll is an easy and useful sewing
project that can be whipped up in an afternoon.
It’s a fun little portable kit that’s perfect for my
motorcycle tools, but also great for drawing,
electronics, or anything where you need to bring a
variety of different-sized hand tools.
I provide a pattern that you can easily modify
to fit your needs. I’ll show you how to customize
it to hold your specific tools, no matter what you
make. And then I’ll take you through the waxing
process to add durability and water resistance.
The waxing is an optional step that stiffens
up the canvas and makes it more durable and
resilient. This is a satisfying process where
the melted wax soaks into the fabric with the
application of heat. The cool thing about waxed
canvas is that it only gets better with age.
When I was a kid, bags were the first thing
I learned to sew on a machine. They’re easy
because the shapes are pretty geometric and
ultimately success is defined by utility — either it
holds stuff or it doesn’t — unlike sewing clothes,
which then have to fit and be flattering.
Look for 100% cotton canvas in the colors of
your choice. Pick up some matching thread and a
zipper — metal is preferred, because we’re going
to heat this thing up.
SEW YOUR WAXED CANVAS
TOOL ROLL
Before you start cutting and sewing, check out my
project video at youtu.be/TdPUkeLv9Ac to see how
the whole thing goes together.
1. PRINT THE PATTERN
You can download and print my pattern from
beckystern.com/2022/04/03/waxed-canvas-tool-
roll, or draft your own. It’s got one big rectangle
for the main body, two pieces for the zipper
pocket, two pieces for the tool holder area, and a
strap to tie it up.
I designed the pattern to be easily printable
on seven sheets of Letter sized paper. Assemble
it by lining up the registration marks and taping
the sheets together (Figure
A
). I’ve included the
printable PDF along with the Illustrator file in
case you want to make changes (CC BY-SA-NC).
To draft the pattern, I laid out the tools I wanted
to hold, and loosely traced around them on a large
Waxed Canvas
Tool Roll
TIME REQUIRED:
An Afternoon
DIFFICULTY:
Easy
COST:
$25–$30
MATERIALS
» 100% cotton canvas, 1 yard such as Robert
Kaufman “Big Sur” 9oz canvas, Amazon
B07FCQT6J7
» Matching sewing thread
» Metal zipper, 10" (25cm) such as Amazon
B07JQ8VVJR
» Fabric wax such as Fjällräven Greenland Wax,
Amazon B000M5GBNS; or blend your own, a
1:1 ratio of paraffin to beeswax
TOOLS
» Sewing machine
» Sewing pins and/or clips
» Scissors
» Thread snips
» Heat gun or hair dryer or an iron you don't
mind using on crafts
» Scrap cardboard for protecting your work
surface from wax
» Printer and paper for pattern; or paper to
draft your own
» Tape
» Double boiler and wax pitcher (optional) such
as Amazon B00J2BGZPM, for blending wax
» Paintbrush (optional) for wax application
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