20170610 TextilesKickoff

Textiles Kickoff

Projects:

• Peter: Leather cutting Leather bags (sewing leather)
• Jenny: Bags out of old Make Munich banners, Kombucha leather cutting / sewing / creative work
• Raquel: Workshops: bandarolas, bags, aprons, ...
• Cecile: Sandals! Textile Lab, Workshops, 3D modeling software for patterns.
• Nina: Sandals! Workshops!
• Severin: Pillows for euro pallet sofas

Other people who are interested:

• Thomas E
• Mati & Nico
• Anna Blumenkranz

Equipment:

We already have:

• Sewing machine (old Pfaff 138, no Zierstiche, powerful enough for leather)
• Cabinet for equipment
• Schneidplotter

get now:

• Ironing board & mini ironing board & Iron (big and heavy with steam)
• Tailer scissors (Schneiderschere)
• Pinking sheers (Zackenschere)
• little sharp pair of scissors
• Nahtauftrenner
• Tailers chalk
• A selection of sewing thread (polyester)
• Needles
• Nessel stoff
• Big cone of tread grayisch and black (polyester)

get Later:

• Overlock machine (Thomas E wants to donate money so we can get one sooner)
• Adjustable tailoring dummy
• Rollschneider & cutting mat
• Newer sewing machine with Zierstich
• Stickmachine

What else happend?

• We got a Pfaff 138 sewing machine from Jennys friend Vroni, who is a professional seamstress! She wants to visit us sometimes...
• Jenny lasercut Kombucha leather to laminate is with LEDs (Photos wanted!)
• Cecile demonstrated "Marvelous Designer", a 3D modeling tool to model cloth
• Cecile, Nina, Raquel, Peter tried to build sandals with the laser cutter

Side discussion: Start electronics workshops for women?

• Exclusively
• Not "a stupid workshop", but one where you don't have to face the mansplaining BS
• Electronics, tinkering, 3d printing?
• Female teacher