Category: MAKR 140: Intro to Modern Making
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Fabric Printing Methods
Presented by Heather Hogantenaciousgoods.com | @tenaciousgoods Why Print on Fabric? Printing on fabric is a creative way to customize clothing and accessories. Whether you’re making T-shirts, bags, or patches, there are many techniques to choose from—each with its own benefits and limitations. This guide covers: Key Factors to Consider Makerspace Printing Options Ink Applied by…
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Attach Things to Another
Lets talk fasteners, hardware, glue, resin, and methods. Questions to Ask Techniques Glue & Clamp/Hold Glues work best when aided with a physical attachment. Use glue AND a screw, nail or staple, a glue and a joint, a glue and stitching or binding, or clamp for best results. Use Appropriate Hold/Strength Any glue is only…
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You Need a Plan for Your Project
Plan Ahead for a Stress-Free ProjectCreating a detailed project plan helps you and the Makerspace team by ensuring: Write Your Plan on Paper Grab a pen or pencil and sketch out your ideas so everything is clear and easy to follow. In adults, taking notes by hand during a lecture, instead of typing, can lead…
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Manufacture Your Thing – Local & Online Supply Shops
Material / Supply Vendors Name Type / Specialty Address / Location Tandy Leather Supply Leather & leatherworking supplies 2556 Cottage WaySacramento CA 95825 TAP Plastics Plastic sheets, rods, films, etc. 4538 Auburn Blvd.Sacramento, CA 95841Email: tap11@tapplastics.comOpen: Monday – Friday 8:30 to 5:30. Saturday 9 to 5. Professional Plastics Plastics distributor / supply 2940 Ramco Street,…
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Heat Transfer Vinyl (HTV)
With heat transfer vinyl you can apply a design to cotton or canvas, it just sticks on. Sublimation HTV Use this as a base to then print sublimation OVER (dont print directly onto this product). Works on dark and light colored fabrics, T-shirts, hats, pillows, etc. Vinyl Sheets (Color Changing, Puffy, Solar) PRINT AREA: 12″x…
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Sublimation Printing
Sublimation printing is a digital printing process that uses heat and pressure to transfer dye onto primarily Man-Made materials. (source) How to create a file, make placeholder shapes-to-size, resize images, download a jog, drag and drop it back into your file, flip the text, save to PDF and print from PDF in browser. Three Printing…
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Canva for Design
Canva is an online, browser-based software that let you design items for printing on sublimation, stickers, laser and more. It has a free version and a paid version. We have a number of templates created at the right size for various projects that you can use.
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Adobe Illustrator
How to Get the Software Tips & Tricks Slides: Illustrator for Makerspace Cut lines for Stickers: Offset Path
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Sewing Tutorials and Patterns
For Brand New Sewists Basic Stiches Tutorial: https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/learn-stitches-and-hand-sewing-projects-2978472 Sewing by Hand Sewing with a Machine Free Patterns & Tutorials
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Fusion 360 and 3d Design Resources
Learn how to use Fusion 360 design software. https://www.cadclass.org/ You should take Josh’s CNC 270 class which uses this online training and book.
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Stickers on the Roland Printer
Learn Learn how to Design and Print a Sticker. Your sticker/s can be to give away or for a specific purpose like a laptop, table, or cabinet. Instructions and demo to design a 3×3″ sticker in Canva then open it in Illustrator to draw a cut line with a pen tool and save as a…