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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 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.

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

coming soon

Fiber Arts Machines

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

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.

• visit Eventbrite for more details.

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!