Registration for Fall 2016 Apparel Manufacturing Boot Camp is open

Many apologies for the delay in getting this information together but we’ve finally opened registration for Fall 2016, Apparel Manufacturing Boot Camp. If you already know you want to come, jump to this page for more information and registration details.  Here’s the redux:

The design phase will be held on July 1-4, 2016. There are six slots open with three reserved for New Mexico residents. If we don’t fill the NM slots by June 21st, we’ll take names from the waiting list.

The production segment is Sept 2-5, 2016 with coaches and managers starting work on September 1st. We encourage anyone to come early, especially if you want to help with spreading which takes place on September 1st.  Marker making will be done on the last day of August.

As we learn and become better at calculating staffing requirements, we reduce the head count. Accordingly, for Fall 2016, there will only be 25 slots available. I apologize for having to disappoint those who can’t get in but there is no other solution at this time as we want to be able to keep everyone busy.

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First Apparel Manufacturing Boot Camp Delivery

Front and back view of the coat produced at the apparel manufacturing boot camp in Albuquerque's sewing factory.

Front and back view of the coat produced at the apparel manufacturing boot camp in Albuquerque’s sewing factory.

At this late date, I realize that I never posted photos of the coat delivery.  Before I forget, if you’re interested in the technical end of it, to include an explanation of the quality and safety features we designed into each coat. see Design of the Child’s Coat -Apparel Manufacturing Boot Camp, Fall 2015.

As I was; the packaging and inventory control ended up being more work than we imagined.

Eric and Violet Ahmie packaging coats from Apparel Manufacturing Boot Camp

Eric and Violet Ahmie packaging coats from Apparel Manufacturing Boot Camp

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Pictures at Apparel Manufacturing Boot Camp

The coat manufacturing boot camp, benefiting needy children of New Mexico ended on Monday. There remains work to be done on the jackets -such as top stitching (call me if you want to learn how to do it, we could use the help!) but we’re still on deadline. The delivery deadline is October 1, 2015 (yay me for building that into the timeline). We still don’t have a final coat tally (after final inspection) but we’ve got about 130 coats which is 33% higher than we promised. The charities will each get 10 more coats than they’d anticipated. Always under promise and over deliver. I’ll tell you more about it later but for now, some photos!

Tanner Ennis from Calgary Canada. He was our best sewing line supervisor.

Tanner Ennis from Calgary Canada. He was our best sewing line supervisor.

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