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Part 4: Slipping into a new idea

Walking about the computer area on a Friday as I waited for my Army Transport Tray to finish printing, I was getting annoyed at picking out the guest slips that patrons put in the slip basket that we have the scrap paper in for patrons to use. Ok, this is just me being particular and wanting to keep the desks clean for patrons and while we do have trash cans around the computer are, the little baskets are very convenient as trash receptacles. So, after I sat back down, I started to think...well what can I do to fix this. 

A recent patron came in to make a onesie! They have a few more in the works but this is the first one that was completed! This patron used their own transfer paper and printed the image out and used our heat press to apply it. I think it turned out great! I can’t wait to see how the rest come out! You don’t always have to use our materials. Our equipment is open to everyone and you can feel free to bring in your own materials to make what you truly want!

A patron came in recently wanting to do a project or two on the sewing machines. They grabbed some sewing templates that we already had in the CoLab and went to work! This patron worked on the pink bear first and finished it in no time at all. After that they wanted to do more so we printed off the cactus template and then they finished that off as well! All in one day of open hours!

Bob comes in pretty regularly to use our cricuts. Lately he’s been making some T-Shirts with our iron on vinyl. He’s been using his own cricut design space account so he makes the designs at home then when he gets here he just opens up his account and gets to printing! Here at the Lincoln Library CoLab we have an in house account for you to use as you please or feel free to log into your own account and cut out your own designs that you have ready.

Pt 2: Picking my shelf back up

Ok not going to lie; finding out that the model I made was too big for the printer that hurt.