Textiles SIG January 2026 Meeting Notes

January 2026 Textiles Sig Meeting 

Tuesday, January 13th 6:00PM – 7:30PM

Meeting start – quick intro of everyone with names (5 minutes)

Budget approval – breakdown of budget (5 minutes, informative)

• $1800 to machine repairs
• $1600 to consumable replacements
• $700 to organization
• $1000 to class supplies
• $900 for catering for SIG meetings 

Year focus overview (quick, 5 minute overview) 

• Basics quarter 
  • Intentional classes focused on specific skills designed to help people make garments and items that are more complicated 
  • Repairs on items from home, teaching how to reuse things
  • Fabric pressing, measurement, light garment drafting
• Cosplay quarter
  • Focus on collaborating with 3D printing and laser SIGs 
  • Garment construction – sleeves, structured layers, edge finishes 
  • Attaching 3D prints or EVA foam to garments 
  • Professional class – cosplay focus + eva focus (2 classes) 
• Ren Faire quarter
  • Focus on leatherworking – another 3D printing and laser SIG focus
  • Leather cutting class + laser leather cutting
  • Professional class for leathermaking
  • Weathering 
• Holiday quarter 
  • Unique structural base for masks, large wing elements, furry masks, etc
  • Functional items for gift giving and personal use 
  • Fitting class to assist with Halloween costumes 
  • Open working hours to assist with costume making

Quarterly focus for Jan-Feb-March (5 minute overview) 

• Focus is basics – how to install zippers, buttons, snaps 
• How to hem clothing, how to repair simple tears
• Finishing techniques – piping, bias tape, binding 
• Fabric pressing, measurement for garment making, easy full day garment making class (focus on pants atm) 

Classes – authorization / instructional (15 minutes combined) 

• Industrial Sewing Machine (2 classes)
• Home sewing machine (1 class)
• Serger (1 class)

Classes – make and take / workshop 

• Make and take – Sable (sunday class in feb for upholstery), Logan
• Thursday the 5th – Lauren – 7 to 9 
  • Fruit pillows 
  • 27th of Feb – upcycling – tote bags
• Workshop – Jamie Feb 22nd – 11-3 
• Measuring – Mohr & Jamie Feb 21st Time: 11-3 
• Pocket installs – Kelsey 
• Professional – N/A 

Train the trainer for Feb/March 

• Feb or March – do we want to split it by machine? Google form for sign up and machine interest selection to determine schedule? 

Hackdenhac day: (15 minutes to allow discussion and additions)

• Assign a person a machine to get manuals for, pics of, and do a quick write up with a guide to follow – use this to update all the wiki pages at once
• Take pictures of each space and list what goes there with more specific pictures. This will allow people to easily find & reset things and will go on the wiki
  • Photo on machines 
• Instructional information – for those who will be training and are also at hackdenhac day
  • Industrial serger, home serger (both), home sewing machines (both), all embroidery machines 
  • The above is done by the instructors but if people are cool doing research and dropping info in a Google doc for us to review later that would be a huge help!
  • Video for white jean machine – Flip on slack for video 
• Ian – maybe try to move secretary table thing (not this hackdenhac day)
• Cover the table with muslin (muslin is ordered) 
• Stand the fabric bolts upright 
  • Have a dedicated spot for personal fabric to ensure there is no hacking – will have tags named 
  • Vinyl one 
  • Pattern paper one
• Table cleanup dedication area 

Embroidery Machine 7 needle (15 minutes to allow discussion)

• how is training going to work going forward
  • Repair person suggests small classes and emphasis on explaining when and how to change the tension. Will be trying to complete tension visual guides. 
• how we will handle those currently trained 
  • quick training day to confirm competency before getting signed off again
  • Outreach to those currently trained to get real world information for guide
• Acknowledge the disability thing -> see if there’s a possibility if anyone knows signing  

General discussion points: (20 minutes or whatever time we have left) 

• QR code to Google form for textile area suggestions
  • Reviewed before each meeting and put in as discussion, posted with the agenda the weekend before the sig meeting 
• Regular clean up added to each class – 10 minutes at end of class to clean space for everyone
• Pause project signalling – other areas post in slack, opinions?
  • Discussion points: how long, where to store, how to show a pause
    • The garment rack 
    • Name and date – maybe a ribbon / tag 
    • Storage up to a month      
    • Tote box for storage – 24 hour if you need to run / dump 
  • Project storage
• Move meeting time -> 6 to 630 to 8 
  • Reason: allow people more time to get here from work
• Hat press machine – Doug Miller posted in Slack asking if this would be something we could buy. Alternatives: One | Two
  • Discussion points: 
    • How many people would use this? 
    • Do we have anything that could be used instead?
  • Present to board -> have two weeks to look into option
    • Sublimation 
• Denhac storage policy 
  • Putting this at the end so those interested can do a floor walk for additional hackdenhac day items