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Fiber Arts
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Fiber Arts
Building Holton
Lead Rae Lee Occhipinti (she/her)
User email list fiberartsshopusers@artisansasylum.com
Tool Testers

Sign up here

Hours Same as membership hours


The Artisans Asylum Fiber Arts Shop has nearly everything you need to go from fiber to fabric and from graph paper to garment.

Training and testing

The Fiber Arts Shop has large tables and workspaces available 24 hours/day for members. Hand tools such as scissors, rotary cutters, measuring tools, etc, are available to use any time, but may not be removed from the room. Training and testing is REQUIRED before using most machines in this shop. You must have tool experience to be tested in the Fiber Arts shop. Sign up here for tool training and testing. See below for our current machines, and whether testing is required.

Availability

This shop is available to members 24/7. There are many workstations and machines available to tested shop users. Please be considerate of classes operating in the Fiber Arts space, and work around them.

Shop Rules

  1. Clean up after yourself. Place scrap fabric in labelled bins, wipe tables, sweep floors, put away all tools.
  2. Return tables and chairs to their original positions.
  3. Shelves are for A2 classes and Fiber Arts only.
  4. Do not block the exit or emergency stop.
  5. No food or beverages in the Fiber Arts trash cans.
  6. No long term storage of personal projects.
  7. Do not leave cruft, donations, or leftover material in the shop.
  8. For donations, please the Shop Lead.
  9. No blades, rotary tools, chemicals, paint, food, or standing on Fiber Arts work tables. These tables are for Fiber Arts ONLY

Fiber Arts Machines

Manuals will continue to be linked to machines as available. Many physical Manuals are also available in the shop

Fiber Arts Events

The A2 Fiber Arts shop holds a variety of monthly events to open our space up to spread the knowledge and love of fiber arts through the Artisans' membership, and the wider community.

Stab and Gab. 2nd Wednesday of each month. 6:30-8pm. Hosted by Bleu Vermeer

  • Come practice the fine art of needle felting. BYO tools and wool, or borrow tools and purchase wool for a small fee.

Fiber Arts Night. 3rd Wednesday of each month. 7:30-9pm. Hosted by Fiber Arts Staff

  • Each month, fiber arts staff showcase a different artist or craft and invite visitors to try their hand at the activity. Guests may also use the opportunity to show and tell their WIPs.

Fiber Arts Movie Night. Various days, BOLO for email invite. 7pm social gathering, 7:30 start.

  • Did you know we have a projector? Come work on small projects (fibrous or otherwise), and enjoy a monthly movie selected by our staff. Suggestions welcome.

Classes. Various instructors.

Help Us Improve

E-mail the shop lead with your concerns, comments, questions, and suggestions for improvement. Let us know if the shop was left not ready-to-use, equipment is malfunctioning, a consumable is running low, if you want to help drive an improvement project, or if you can think of anything else that will make the shop a better resource for you!

Brand Machine Type Model Name Tool Test Required Maintenance Required Available for use
Singer Domestic Sewing Machine Simple Meat Loaf Yes No Yes
Singer Domestic Sewing Machine Simple Queen Yes No Yes
Singer Domestic Sewing Machine Simple Supertramp Yes No Yes
Singer Domestic Sewing Machine Prelude 8280 MC Lyte Yes No Yes
Singer Domestic Sewing Machine 2732 Leaf Yes No Yes
Singer Domestic Sewing Machine Heavy Duty 4411 STYX Yes No Yes
Singer Domestic Sewing Machine Heavy Duty 4411 n/a Yes Unknown, recent donation No- needs bottom plate
Singer Domestic Sewing Machine Heavy Duty 4411 n/a Yes Unknown, recent donation No- needs foot
Singer Domestic Sewing Machine Heavy Duty 4423 n/a Yes Unknown, recent donation No- needs testing
Singer Domestic Sewing Machine Heavy Duty 4432 n/a Yes Unknown, recent donation No- needs testing
Bernette Domestic Sewing and Fancy Stitch B37 n/a Yes No No
Brother/Falabella Domestic Sewing Machine FB1453 n/a Yes No Yes
Brother Domestic Sewing Machine LS1217 Blondie Yes No Yes
Brother Domestic Sewing Machine Pacesetter ps-1250 Bon Jovi Yes No Yes
Necchi Domestic Sewing Machine 535FA n/a Yes No Yes
White Domestic Sewing Machine 609 Pink Floyd Yes No Yes
Janome Domestic Embroidery Machine Memory Craft 350E Stiotch Yes No Yes
Tippman Leather Hand Stitcher HS n/a Yes Yes No- needs a deep dive
Brother Domestic Serger Lock 1034D Whitesnake Yes No Yes
Brother Domestic Serger Lock 1034D n/a Yes No Yes
White Domestic Serger Speedylock Differential n/a Yes No Yes
White Domestic Serger Speedylock 299 n/a Yes No Yes
White Domestic Serger Superlock 503 n/a Yes No Yes
Singer Industrial Sewing Machine 20U23 Judas Priest Yes No Yes
Singer Industrial Sewing Machine 241-2 Dante Yes No Yes
Singer Industrial Sewing Machine 281-1 Van Halen Yes No Yes
Singer Industrial Sewing Machine 241-1 Twisted Sister Yes No Yes
Singer Industrial Sewing Machine 251-1 Led Zeppelin Yes No Yes
Yamato Industrial Serger Iron Maiden Yes No Yes
Consew Skiver DCS-S4 n/a Yes Unknown, recent donation No- needs testing
Macomber Loom Sigourney Weaver Yes Yes, currently undergoing rebuild No- see above
Brother Knitting Machine Profile 551 n/a Yes No Yes, but bring your own clamps
Rowenta Iron Perfect Steam n/a No No Yes
Silhouette Cutting Machine Cameo Janousek Yes No Yes
Silhouette Cutting Machine Cameo n/a Yes No Yes
Vevor Heat Press Combo Heat Press Machine n/a No No Yes
Landis Autosoler No 12 Model K n/a Yes Yes No

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