This class is from 5:30 to 7:30 pm
Have you ever done latch-hook? Have you ever fired a tommy-gun? When you did both of those things, did you ever think to yourself “Man! I wish I could combine my love of yarn with my desire to be a 1920’s gangster!”. Well then you are in the right place!
Tufting is creating a carpet-like rug (as opposed to a rug made by weaving or a loom). Using tufting, you can create everything from a single color mat to wipe your feet on to a multi-colored work of art to hang on a wall. It also makes you feel like you were told by Jimmy the Shark to ‘Make sure that burlap frame gets the message’. In this basics class, Fab Lab members will be checked out on the tufting guns, so they can use them in future projects. Non-members taking the class will learn all the basic requirements of making a simple frame, stretching the burlap/backing, creating a design, loading the tufting gun, using the gun safely, and finishing the piece.
This is a beginners class and requires no previous knowledge, but also does not provide all the techniques for mastery. It is a fun way to get started.
