Need help mending your clothes? Let Ealing Clothes Repair cafe teach you how.
Ealing Clothes Repair cafe volunteers will teach you how to patch and darn to mend your clothes, using hand sewing. It’s London Repair Week in March from the 11th-17th which is great in showcasing repair and organisations involved in repair, with lots of hints and tips.
Come along to their gatherings listed below at different locations around Acton and Ealing. At some sessions there is a sewing machine for alterations and mending seams. All levels of sewing welcome, from beginners to advance, there’s always something new to share or learn. At the sessions their volunteers will be on hand to teach you on how to repair your clothes and pick up a darning and patching guide. They also have upcycling projects to inspire you, such as draught excluder made from jeans. ask for a small donation of £3 to cover costs.
Ealing Repair cafe also has lots of advice and information on their website so if you can’t make a session, check out Ealing Repair Cafe or Facebook. The next meets ups around Ealing and Acton are:
March
- Saturday, 2 March: Reduce and Recycle Hub, Acton Market 10am -3 pm. Our volunteers will be there to teach you how to mend and fix your clothes. At the hub there will be an opportunity to recycle and reduce by dropping off clothes, laptops, toothbrushes and pens. See Reduce and Recycle hub for more details.
- Monday 4 March: Mend and Natter, The Ealing Project, 1 High Street, Ealing Broadway Shopping Centre, London W5 5DB. From 7.30 pm until 9 pm. We ask for a small donation of £3 to cover costs. ** Sewing machine available for fixing seams and suitable mends.
- Tuesday 12 March: Mend and Natter at West Ealing Library, Community Library, Melbourne Avenue, Ealing, London W13 9BT. From 1 pm-3pm. We ask for a small donation of £3 to cover costs.
- Thursday 14 March: Mend and Natter at Acton W3 Gallery, 6 pm- 7.30 pm, W3 Gallery at 185, High Street, Acton, London, W3 6D. We ask for a small donation of £3 to cover costs. ** Sewing machine available for fixing seams and suitable mends.
- Tuesday 19 March: Patch, Darn and Natter, Northfields Community Library, 255A Northfield Ave, London W5 4UA. From 5.30 until 6.45 pm.
- Wednesday 20 March: Mend and Natter at ActOne, 2 pm- 4 pm, ActOne Café, 119 – 121 High Street, Acton, W3 6NA, Please support the ActOne café by buying refreshments from the café and not bringing from outside and also a small donation, £3 for the session to cover costs of equipment and expenses.** Sewing machine available for fixing seams and suitable mends.
- Saturday 23 March, The Hammersmith Mending Circle, Livat Centre, Kings Street, Hammersmith. From 1pm – 4pm. Great clothes repair event run by Marisol from La Modista. Please bring 1 item of clothing to practice with. ** Sewing machine available for fixing seams and suitable mends.
Keep up to date with Ealing Repair Cafe What’s on.
For more reuse ideas see ActforEaling Re-use and Recycling Partners
