Specialty Sewing Lab
63 Fifth Ave,
518 •
Hours
Open to: all New School students
Please note: We will be closed on Monday, Feb 18 for Presidents Day
The Specialty Sewing Lab, located at 63 Fifth Avenue and is equipped with 25+ machines for garment finishing and special materials construction. All machines are available on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Free fabric is available in the Specialty Sewing Lab for student projects. Students are welcome to come by anytime during our open hours to swatch the available fabrics. Once you have swatched your desired fabric(s), please submit a request to sewingtech@newschool.edu. Please be aware that approvals for this process can take up to 2 business days. Your request should including the following:
- Course Title
- Instructor
- Project
- Yardage Required (Needed for each fabric being requested)
- Image/snapshot of Fabric(s) (Needed for each fabric being requested)
Threading Diagrams are available for the below machines:
- Juki Straight Stitch Machine
- Juki Serger Machine
- Juki Overlock Machine
- Juki Superlock Machine
- Consew Zig Zag Machine
- Juki 3-Step Machine
- Walking Foot Leather Machine
- Cylinder Bed Walking Foot Machine
- Post Machine
