Venue hire
Three rooms in our Marrickville studio, available by the hour. Take one or take the lot.
Run your own creative workshop, teach a class of your own, sew with friends, or take a quiet room and get on with your own project.
Inside the Main Studio
8m × 9m 8 to 10 people
Equipment
- 6 × Bernina 335 machines
- 6 × Brother A80 machines
- 2 × overlockers
- 1 × coverstitch machine
- 2 × ironing stations, hand steamer, pressing hams
- Various presser feet for all machines
- 5 × stand up cutting tables
- Cutting mats, rotary cutters, scissors and all other haberdashery, plus a small shop for the things you forgot
The room itself
- One large table holding 8, or 10 at a squash
- Tea and coffee machine, fridge, microwave, sink, milk
- Change room
- 2 × toilets
- Air conditioning
- 1 × teacher spot car park
Main Studio
Everything listed is included in the hire.
Book a room
Which rooms? Choose as many as you need.
Main Studio · $50/hour
Availability
Tap a window to fill the times below, then trim them to what you need.
You’ll need an account to book, so your hire shows in your dashboard.
Getting here
Finding the door
Level 1, 39–43 Shepherd Street, Marrickville. Entry is inside the front area, with the door to the left. Ring the bell to be let inside.
Parking
On weekends there are three spots: one marked Usefulbox Teacher and two under the tree. Otherwise it is street parking, and Wemyss or Perry Streets are your best bet.
Accessibility
The studio is on level one of the building, up two flights of stairs. There is no lift. Worth knowing before you book if you are bringing gear with you, or if stairs are difficult.
Hours
Rooms can be hired from 8am to 9pm, whenever they are free between classes. Minimum hire is one hour, then in half hour steps.