
maker space
3rd Wednesdays | 6 pm - 9 pm
Following Saturday | 8 am - 2 pm
Join Mel and friends in the Greenhome Garage for an open studio event all about unstructured, parallel time. Whether you bring your own project, dive into a collaborative task, or come to soak up inspiration, the choice is yours—no pressure, just creativity at your pace.
Share ideas, connect with fellow creators, and explore the possibilities of this welcoming, creative space.
as many opportunities as creativity provides—
Tools are available for a wide variety of projects. An attendee might engage in:
Traditional Arts - painting, drawing, drafting
>community consumables available
Sewing, Mending, all things textile - Sewing machine(Bernina 530), Serger, expansive hand needle options
>notion tools include grommets, snaps, specialty pressing supply, applique, diy bias tape tool, patternmaking, and more
>Bernina 530 feet include: universal, darning, piping, zipper, invisible zipper, edge join, blind stitch, buttonhole, 6mm rolled hem, and open toe.
>Print resources, learning kits, clothing patterns (all sizes, all gender), houseware patterns, craft patterns, stuffed animal patterns
>More to be listed
Stationary, book binding, drafting, card making, printmaking, and more - paper cutters, cut table, clamp and mount options, padding clamps, laminator, pens pens pens pens, straight edges, grid rulers, angle rulers, scale rulers and scale furniture templates, etc
Lapidary and Cabochon - rock saw, cab table, buffer, rotary tool
>Don't have rocks to work on? I HAVE SO MANY FOR YOU.
Wood working - whittling to finish carpentry
>Miter saw, band saw, scroll saw, jig saw, table saw, hand planes, router+table, a broken jointer (want to fix 'er?), chisels, rotary tool*, and many more hand tools
>*dozens of bits for the rotary tool including multi material carving (soap, wood, rock, and more), silversmith, jewelry polishing, blades, and more.
Car Maintenance - most any tool you could need from an oil change to an engine replacement
Don't have anything in mind to work on? Projects and other hand occupations here:
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rock organization project
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reclaimed materials processing (read: prep, disassemble, and sort ...trash...)
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Coloring books, sudoku, crossword, etc
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various art project grunt work, not kidding lol
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pick up an 'abandoned project'!

2026 maker space schedule
Wednesday's - Instructional Tool Clinics start at 7:30, open projects
Saturday's - Open session for any projects
Wednesday, April 15 - Make Friends with the Cabochon Machine
Saturday, April 18 - Open Session
Wednesday, May 20 - Make Friends with the table saw
Saturday, May 23 - Open Session
Wednesday, June 17 - Make Friends with the rotary tool
Saturday, June 20 - Open Session
Wednesday, July 15 - Make Friends with the router
Saturday, July 18 - Open Session
Wednesday, August 19 - TBD
Saturday, August 22 - Open Session
Wednesday, September 16 - TBD
Saturday, September 19 - Open Session
Wednesday, October 21 - TBD
Saturday, October 24 - Open Session
Wednesday, November 18 - Open Session
Saturday, November 21 - TBD
Wednesday, December 16 - Open Session
Saturday, December 19 - TBD

Participant Project Log
Opportunities abound! Past events have included:
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Crochet
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Rock Polishing
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Cabochon creation
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Wood Carving
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Pot/pan protectors
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Book binding art
- Darning Tutorial + much Darning!
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Crochet
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Chair Restoration
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Mixed Media (Ostrich Egg?!) Art
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2D art
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Crochet
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Weaving
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Book binding
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Subaru Forester Camper build out
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Shop rag prep (THANK YOU!)
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Furniture Building
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Crochet
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trinket shelf
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Patch stitching
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Subaru Forester Camper build out
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sewing machine maintenance
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beading
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embroidery floss organization
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day planner binding
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Furniture Building
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tarot deck lamination