Textiles SIG October 2026 Meeting Notes

  • Last Updated on October 23, 2026
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Textile SIG Meeting – October

  • Welcome & Space Guidelines (5 minutes)
    • Quick round of intros
  • Announcements 
    • Introduce Jackie as 3rd SIG lead – Vote by show of hands
    • New leatherworking tools
    • Screenprinting moving to the classroom, wiki to be updated
    • Announce remaining Oct classes
    • Reminder to submit classes to google form
    • Purchased updated version of Hatch for the embroidery machine
    • December SIG meeting potluck?
  • Classes – Authorized / Instructional (15 minutes)
    • Industrial Sewing Machine – Danielle (3rd Monday of the month), Sable
    • Serger – Jamie, Danielle (Xavier possibly joining as instructor soon)
    • Leatherworking – Jamie, Steph, Noah
    • Embroidery – Nick, Andrew, Daniel;
      • goal is 2-3 classes scheduled for October,
    • Cricut – Xavier, Robin
    • Screenprinting – Kate
    • Rug Tufting – Stephanie
    • Latchhook Rug Making – Carol
    • Buttonmaking – Karen
    • Bookbinding – Rory, Joe?
  • Classes – Make & Take / Workshop 
    • Instructors: Jackie, Danielle, Kelsey, Sable, Logan, Jamie
    • Jamie – Lining
    • Sable –
    • Kelsey –
    • Jackie –
    • Potential new classes: Mending/whimsy class w/ Kelsey; Cross-stitch w/ Justin; intro to home sewing machine (classroom only, no make & take)
  • Budget conversation for outfitting new areas
    • Screenprinting
    • Leatherworking
    • Check on embroidery
  • Big Projects
    • Table – $228 all in between wheels and wood – $72 under budget!
  • Digital Patterns for All of Denhac
    • Wiki page on Digital patterns
  • Hackdenhac Day Planning (15 minutes)
    • Replace table fabric
    • Clear out unused sewing machines
    • Consolidate embroidery thread
    • Mount shelves above embroidery table to put items from the floor up top
    • Reduce thread display from 6 to 4 to give space back to leatherworking
    • Move work display above monitor to make more space for embroidery area
    • Install paper towel holders to serve as stabalizer holders for embroidery area
    • Put as much fabric as we can on bolts, goal is to replace one of the shelves with just bolts of fabric instead of bins
    • Make webbing more obvious
  • Shopping List Requests (to be added to live during the meeting)
    • Clamps
    • Large cutting mat
    • Part for iron
  • Ask for Other Areas
  • Process Improvements
    • Member-Posted Events – adding calendar to form to better allow for people knowing dates
    • Goal: let members submit their own events with minimal roadblocks
    • Form
    • Now pinned to slack channel: https://denhac.slack.com/archives/C06MPM8PECX/p1788109136313749
  • Train the Trainer
    • New process: shadow a class, then teach it while being shadowed
    • Must already be authorized
    • Trainees expected to read the training doc first
    • Trainers currently needed for: Embroidery, Serger, Industrial
  • Open Discussion (20 minutes or remaining time)
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