Textiles Program

 

Make things that help your community

Mask making for with the Oakland Community PPE program or use textiles tools to prototype and design new gear. 

Excellent selection of machines

For sewing everything!

Solid Steel from the 1930's

This walking foot-machine is set up for leather sewing and upgraded with a servo motor for all the control

 

Shotgun silkscreening 

Using lasers and spray glue you can silkscreen unique creations.

Coverstitching!

This specialty machine will change how you look at hemming forever.

Serger

This Juki overlock machine is perfect for all your stretchy and knit materials.

Supplies and machines

The textiles area has been relocated to suite 206 to increase the distance between workstations. It is a reconfigurable space with a variety of tables and chairs, including two large rolling cut tables and large rotary mats.  We have a large variety of fabrics and notions that are available for member use.

Training and certification

While the basic sewing machines don’t require certification, we highly recommend that you take a class or get help with the Pfaff walking foot machine if you have never used these types of machines before. The Juki Serger and the Janome Coverstitch machines both require certification or supervision.

Leatherworking

We have a basic complement of leather hand working tools to go along with our Pfaff walking foot heavy-duty leather sewing machine.

Silkscreening

All the basic tools for both traditional and non-traditional silkscreening are available. We often use laser-cut mylar stencils to create the resist for quick silkscreen runs.