A membership makerspace network started in Philadelphia in 2009, now with sites in Pennsylvania and Delaware. Standard membership sits around $149 a month, and an education package of about $100 a month gives roughly $200 in class credits, which is how most people pay for leather courses here. The leather accessories class covers tooling, dyeing, hand stitching and pattern making in one course, and the American Street building keeps industrial sewing machines rescued from the old Philadelphia textile trade.
Suits a hobbyist who wants structure: take the class, get cleared on the machines, then come back and use them. Not the cheapest option in the city, and leather is only one part of a very mixed shop, so hand tools can be thinner than in a leather only studio. Members with private studio needs pay extra on top of the base fee.
Address: 1800 N American St, Philadelphia, PA
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