[Noisebridge-discuss] Sewing machine

[C C]

I would love to learn how to sew properly.  God knows my Halloween costume
needed some fixing.

Cristina


On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 10:33 PM, Alex Perez <aperez at alexperez.com> wrote:

> I would just like to learn to sew with a machine. I have some clothing I
> would love to be able to perform repairs to on my own, instead of just toss
> them. Perhaps someone who is proficient would be willing to teach a remedial
> clothing repair session? I know it's not as sexy as sewing electronics into
> stuff, but It'll be a good skill to have when the apocalypse comes ;-)
>
> Cheers,
> Alex Perez
>
>
> On Nov 11, 2008, at 10:03 PM, jim wrote:
>
>
>>  me too. can you add a sewing or electronics
>> sewing project or event or concept or... to
>> the wiki? i'd sign up.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 2008-11-11 at 22:01 -0800, daniela Steinsapir wrote:
>>
>>> I think that is a great idea. I would like to do  electronics sewing.
>>>
>>> D
>>>
>>> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 9:34 PM, Rachel McConnell <rachel at xtreme.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>       I have a sewing machine I'm willing to donate to Noisebridge.
>>>        My idea
>>>       is to wangle a small table for it, and place the combo
>>>       upstairs next to
>>>       the closet.  There is currently an empty shelf unit there
>>>       which I'd move
>>>       (probably into the closet).  The sewing machine is a Necchi
>>>       home machine
>>>       with straight, zigzag, & buttonhole stitches.  It can handle
>>>       up to maybe
>>>       5 or 6 layers of denim at most, so can't be used for really
>>>       heavy duty
>>>       stuff (no shoe leather, kevlar, etc).
>>>
>>>       I'd also be happy to teach pretty much any level of sewing
>>>       that people
>>>       are interested in.
>>>
>>>       Anyone want to weigh in?  The Things We Want wiki page doesn't
>>>       include a
>>>       sewing machine but it might just be that nobody thought of it
>>>       yet.
>>>
>>>       Rachel
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