Category: The Textiles Room
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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