The Craft Center provides supplies to help students complete projects in the Fibers room. Supplies include dress forms, pins, measuring tapes, threads, and fabric glue. The Craft Center hosts weekly Mending Nights in collaboration with the Student Sustainability Center. Participants are able to bring their own clothing they want to upcycle and the Craft Center assists in teaching sewing and stitching skills.
Libby Grogan, 21, a fourth-year Biology major assists Samuel Peters, 21, a third- year Biology major at the University of Oregon, in operating the sewing machine in the Craft Center in the Erb Memorial Union on the University of Oregon campus. Peters plans to add patterned fabrics to an old pair of pants. (Alyssa Garcia)
Various student projects are stored in room 030 in the Craft Center, including quilts and multiple denim pieces. The Craft Center utilizes project storage cards in the fibers room to keep track of student projects. (Alyssa Garcia)
Bins in the fibers room collects the scraps of fabric from projects created in the room. Students are able to go through the bins to create new pieces, scraps include denim, linen, fleece, and cotton. (Alyssa Garcia)
Lucie Gilde, 21, a third- year Neuroscience major at the University of Oregon searches through drawers of embroidery thread in the Craft Center. (Alyssa Garcia)
Room 030M in the Erb Memorial Union is the Fibers room in the Craft Center. Students are able to work on clothing and piece new fabrics. (Alyssa Garcia)
