Beginner Industrial Factory Sewing Grade 3

2623 Layden Street,Raleigh NC 27603

09 October, 2021

Description

A workshop for people looking learn and use industrial sewing machines or fashion professionals to better educate themselves. Come hang out with us for a fun one day class if you're looking to learn introductory factory sewing and familarize yourself with the basic stitcher test used in NC for work purposes. Please arrive early and plan to wear comfortable clothing with closed toed shoes. You will be sewing on industrial equipment all day and need sign a release waiver. We will be sewing cancer port pillows and foster kids bags all day to give as local items for free to charities and government organizations in NC. There is a lunch break from 12-1. Certificates and books come with the class. Haus Page is located in the artist section of Southeast Raleigh and there are plenty of places to grab a bite to eat. Your class fee goes towards the supply costs and paying staff. Automatic refunds are provided until the day before with no questions asked through Eventbrite's order system with whatever payment method you used to purchase ticket(s). After that, if you can not attend the day of due to a last minute emergency, you are welcome to roll your class credit forward which doesn't expire to another class or year. No cash refunds are issued after October 8th, just credit. If you're interested in the more advanced management design side, please consider attending Sunday which focuses on rapid CAD patternmaking and production samplemaking for fashion students starting out or people beginning their career looking to advance or get into management. A number of former students have successfully started their own shops in the Triangle area. We strongly encourage people in the trades to take a production craft class either here or in NYC or LA. As a common sense addition, you are personally responsible for your safety and anything you make from the skills in the class. We didn't used to include this, but if you LARP, your weapons are your weapons. We are not responsible if you buy a sewing machine later and use it to make stage weapons for theatre shows although it's super fun and we think that's awesome. Use at your own risk. As for industrial sewing machines, as Federal Guild Lines point out you can get paper cuts, sew through a finger...essentially a giant papercut, or minor other things. Below is a general list of skills you will acquire. SEWING MACHINE OPERATOR, GRADE 3 General: Grade 3 sewing machine operators have a basic knowledge of sewing machine operation. They do sewing involving minor alinements and positioning of material or mending of utility organization items such as hospital pajamas, blankets, linens, canvas pouches, and fatigue clothes where usefulness of the item is more important than the appearance. Below are examples: In sewing new items: - Basting edges with basting machine; - Using button sewing machine to sew buttons on marked locations; - Binding straight edges of material; - Turning material under and sewing straight hem in small items such as pockets or upper edge of cuff for garments; - Hemming press covers; - Taking in seam allowance by sewing straight edges of pillow cases; - Using bartacking machine to install labels or tack finished parts. In mending or altering items: - Mending tears or rips by straight stitching; - Darning; - Replacing buttons; - Shortening or lengthening work trousers or other garments used for utilitarian purposes. Skill and Knowledge: Grade 3 operators know how to thread the machine, wind bobbins, adjust tension, and oil parts. They know how to use the knee or foot controls to start and stop the sewing machine at the same time they are using hand-eye coordination in positioning and guiding material under the needle for stitching. Sewing at this level involves minor alinements and positioning of materials, e.g., straight or slightly curved stitching, or techniques such as button sewing or bartacking. Most of the sewing is done on various weights of cotton or polyester-cotton blends which stay in place for stitching. Responsibility: In sewing new items, production line operators follow precise instructions repetitively for long periods in meeting specified quotas. They sew one part of an item which must fit properly with other parts for the end products to be identical or this reason, close inspection is made of the work for accuracy, neatness, and to see whether instructions were followed. In mending, operators locate and mend obvious defects such as ripped seams, missing buttons, or small holes, according to set procedures. In altering, they shorten or lengthen as instructed. Preciseness is not as important at this level of alteration as it is at higher grades; therefore, items are checked to see that they are restored to serviceability and that instructions have been followed. Physical Effort: Operators sit for long periods with continual" movement of hands, arms, and fingers in placing items in position and sewing. They handle lightweight items up to 5 kilograms (10 pounds) continually, and occasionally they handle items up to 14 kilograms (30 pounds). Working Conditions: The work is performed inside in well lighted and ventilated areas. Often these areas are noisy because numerous machines are operating at one time. Operators are subject to possible needle punctures and minor thread cuts.