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Opening a sewing and repair room in a library

A library makerspace needs its machines serviced, its staff trained and its volunteers scheduled before the room opens to the public. This project holds the donated machines on a board, photos of the room and a fix-it night, four to-do lists and the training and opening dates.

The Mending Room project in Thicket over a photograph of a small-town library reading room with oak tables and tall arched windows: the health flag reading On track, the project dates and five people, then six cards: the Message Board with the electrician's delay on top, The room as nine photographs of the sewing machines, the cutting table and the repair bench, the Donated machines board with cards in Picked up, On the service bench and Tested on denim, Fix-it night as nine photographs of volunteers mending clothes and fixing lamps, the Calendar with sewing machine training next, and To-dos with four lists on the progress chart.

The Vrooman Free Library posts the plan, the community's offers and the electrician's delay on the Message Board and keeps photos of the Mending Room and its first fix-it night in two Docs & Files grids. Each donated sewing machine moves from pickup to the room on Boards, the Calendar holds staff training and opening day, and To-dos cover the room, the classes, the volunteers and opening day.

In this project

The tools on the project's page, in the order shown above, and what each one holds.

  • Message Board

    5 posts, the newest “The electrician is a week late”

  • Docs & FilesThe room

    9 pictures

  • BoardsDonated machines

    10 cards in Triage, Picked up, On the service bench, Tested on denim, Not now and Done

  • Docs & FilesFix-it night

    9 pictures

  • Calendar

    7 events, the next “Staff training: sewing machines and sergers”

  • To-dos

    4 lists, 11 of 27 to-dos done: Opening day, Classes and clinics, Volunteers and 1 more

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