The Makerstudio has two major locations for crafting. Within the larger Makerstudio area is a separate room for our sewing machine and materials. Room 52C is our designated craft room where most of our crafting supplies are stored. Some supplies is also kept in the main Makerstudio room, and both areas are available for crafting use.
Singer Tradition 2277
Our Singer sewing machine is a great tool for beginning or expert-level sewing. It features an automatic needle threader, snap-on pressure feet, and 23 built in stitches, making it ideal for working with many types of fabrics.
Cricut Explore Air 2
The Cricut Explore Air 2 is a versatile paper cutting machine. It can cut many types of paper, including cardstock, vinyl, iron-on, foam, and many other special paper materials. It also includes the Cricut Design Space program for creating and printing custom designs.
Jewelry/Metalsmithing kits
Our jewelry-making kits have everything you need to make high-quality jewelry. They include pliers, a wooden mallet, metal and wooden ring mandrels, a jeweler's saw, ring gauges, and more. We also have a huge collection of beads for bracelet making. The jewelry kits are also able to be checked out from the MakerStudio.
One of the Makerstudio's core services is our button makers. We have 2 button makers that make 1.75'' diameter buttons and one that makes 3'' diameter. How our button making works is that you bring your printed out designs to the Makerstudio and we demonstrate how to use our button makers, then you make the buttons yourself. For 1.75'' buttons you will want to print the designs around 1.75 - 1.8'' in diameter, for 3'' buttons print at 3''. All patrons may print up to 10 free buttons per semester, campus organizations are permitted 50 free buttons per semester. We charge 25 cents per button after free ones have been used up.