Category: Maker Space
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Alpaca Fleece
Alpaca Fleece – Dave the Alpaca Fleece Meet Dave the Alpaca Fleece. Given to me by a friend who teaches textiles. I have been waiting for some nice weather so I could wash and dry him ready to comb, then spin him. First I prepared some gorilla tubs with warm water all about the same…
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Customised T-Shirts
DTF (Direct to Film) – Customised T-Shirts DTF T-Shirts Solihull. In 2022 we took delivery of our heat press. We also use it to bond DTF (Direct to Film) transfers. We produce all the necessary artwork using Adobe Photoshop and/or Adobe Illustrator and get the artwork printed onto large gang-sheets. The images are then cut…
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Heat Press – Maker Centre
Heat Press – December 2022 Christmas arrived a couple of days early this year at Cranford Farm. With the delivery of our new 610x530mm heat press.. An Epsom SureColor dye sublimation printer arrived with it. I ordered it on 21st December and it arrived on 22nd at 11am. Initially I was going to use it…
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New Forest Mohair – Goat training day
After a Covid19 cancellation we finally got to go and learn (play with and cuddle) about some beautiful Angora goats. After a long trip down to the New Forest and avoiding the wild ponies, deer and donkeys mostly on the side of the road but some wandering into the road without a care in the…
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Easter 2021 Bunnies and Eggs
Hollytrees Animal Rescue Fundraising – April 2021 Hollytrees Animal Rescue Fundraising – A random chat with Looby Loo the founder and administrator from one of our local facebook groups, ‘The only way is Wythall, Hollywood & Earlswood’. We suddenly concocted a plan to make and distribute MDF bunnies for an Easter Trail around the local…
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The Textiles Room Photo Gallery
Maker Centre – Textiles Room – March 2021 update: We continue to make progress collecting items for sewing, spinning, weaving, knitting and processing wool for use in our maker centre when we get it properly up and running. We currently have a textiles room set up and have been working on how we might best…
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Creating the Textiles Room
Work is progressing nicely on the Textiles Room – we have started to try to zone the different textile areas. We have a sewing and overlocking zone, a knitting zone, a weaving zone and a spinning and fleece preparation zone. We are working hard to build up our library of textile books for our reference…
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15 needle single head embroidery machine
In February we took delivery of our long awaited embroidery machine. We are in the process of setting up some maker sessions and training courses which will cover all aspects of machine embroidery. Embroidery machines can be used for many things including appliqué, quilting, lace making and embroidered apparel. Download QR
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MDF Silhouettes
Simon has been working on some MDF Silhouettes to decorate the textiles room. Designed using Lightburn and then cut out using the C02 laser. I then took the Silhouettes and used black acrylic paint and an airbrush to spray them before fixing them to the wall. Download QR
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C02 Laser Series – Overview
Our new C02 laser was delivered at the end of May 2020. For two years Simon has been mastering the art of 3D Printing and this seemed like a natural progression. We have got up to speed on the software we will use, and researched what materials will work and what won’t and planned some…