Tues. Mar 9, 2021, 10:30AM to 12:20PM (Zoom)

Today’s class is primarily devoted to hands-on learning.

Warm-up

  1. Brief check-in.
  2. Any questions?

Announcements

Sewing Machine Return Requests from IDeATe staff:

  • do not leave unprotected needles and pins floating around in the case or in the case pouches.  Use the included small, plastic tube for spare sewing machine needles.  Pins and hand sewing needles should not be returned with sewing machines. 
  • wind up the foot pedal cord and strap it together with the attached velcro in the same way as when the machine is received from us.
  • unspool small amounts of thread from bobbins to help keep them from becoming a tangled mass of thread inside of the pouch. 
  • whenever possible, protect spool pins by either retracting them (Brother) or detaching and storing in the pouch (Janome).
  • be upfront about any issues or breakage with the machine.  Unless it’s a clear case of abuse, students won’t be charged for repairs.  We just don’t want a broken machine going back out.

Assignment 9 Review

Let’s take no more than ten minutes to discuss your progress on Assignment 9.

  1. What features and techniques did you try out?
  2. Did you get stuck trying to figure anything out?
  3. What was the most surprising discovery?

In-Class Activities

Reactive Behavior Code Example. We’ll walk through the sample all together as a suggested starting point for the next assignment.

Then we will focus on combining sewing with our pneumatic structures. to do this, we will separate into two groups: Beginner and Advanced. At the end of class we will come together to share out.

Beginner group will continue with learning sewing skills.

Advanced group will experiment with making samples that extend the capabilities of the pneumatic structures. Ideas for experimentation include: sewing in boning-like elements, using gravity in different ways, securing different sides of the structure. The advanced group will try to come up with a number of different possibilities to share with the larger group.

Materials:

Beginner In Class Workshop Overview:

  • Straight seam
  • Convex & Concave seams
  • Pockets

Sewing Machine Manual

Helpful Beginner Videos

Assignment 11