Pop along to one of Ealing Repair Cafe for meetups for clothes mending. Not only do they teach you how to mend your clothes, but bring projects to inspire you to upcycle clothes so you get to use your clothes for longer.
Upcycle clothes projects
Ealing Repair cafe have brilliant projects to inspire you like:
- Turning old jeans into draught excluders
- T-shirts into drawstring bags
- Upcycling t-shirts into yarn
- How to make your own Pyramid Bag from scraps of material
- Make a child’s pinafore dress from a pair of jeans
Last month Ealing Repair cafe attended family fun days at Perivale with Parents of the Future and Bond street Family Fun day and showed lots of children how to make bracelets and key chains from t-shirt yarn. They loved learning about how we recycling and upcycling can be fun and how to upcycle clothes that they love. For more projects and guides, go to Ealing Repair cafe Guide and Tips.
Ealing Repair Cafe have set their October dates for when you can mend and learn together. All levels of sewing welcome, from beginners to advance, there’s always something new to share or learn. Our volunteers will be on hand to teach you how to repair your clothes. They have samples and equipment to get you started and pick up one of their darning and patching guides. Going forward they have set monthly regular meetups so should be easier to know where they are in the month.
October Ealing Repair Cafe Mend and Natter dates
- Saturday, 5 October: 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 and small electricals. See Reduce and Recycle hub for more details.
- Tuesday, 8 October: West Ealing Community Library, Melbourne Avenue, Ealing, London W13 9BT. From 2 pm-4pm**
- Tuesday 15 October: Acton ActOne Cafe and Cinema, 119-121 High Street, Acton, W3 6NA. From 11.15 am until 1 pm. Support the ActOne café by buying refreshments from the café and not bringing from outside. **
- Tuesday 15 October: Northfields Community Library, 255A Northfield Ave, Ealing, W5 4UA. From 5.00 until 6.45 pm.
- Thursday 17 October: Ealing Broadway Library, The Broadway, Ealing Broadway Shopping Centre, London W5 5JY. From 5.30-6.45.
- Saturday 19 October, Chiswick Repair Cafe, Christ Church Turnham Green, Town Hall Ave, Chiswick W4 5DT. From 10:30am – 1pm. Please bring 1 item for mending. https://chiswickrepaircafe.com
Ealing Repair cafe Monthly Mend and Natter meetups
We have set our regular monthly dates at our venues, so they should be on the same day and same week each month, dependant on venue availability. (Except December and August where we take a break). Come along to mend your clothes, get advice and be inspired.
- First Saturday: Acton Market Reduce and Recycle hub, The Mount, King Street, Acton, W3 9NW From 10 am- 3pm.
- Second Tuesday: West Ealing Community Library, Melbourne Avenue, Ealing, London W13 9BT. From 2 pm-4pm**
- Third Tuesday: ActOne Cafe and Cinema, 119-121 High Street, Acton, W3 6NA. From 11.15 am-1pm**
- Third Thursday: Ealing Broadway Library, The Broadway, Ealing Broadway Shopping Centre, London W5 5JY. From 5.30-6.45**
- Every four weeks: Northfields Library, 255A Northfield Ave, Ealing, W5 4UA. From 5.00 until 6.45 pm.
For the full list of Ealing Repair Cafe upcoming events
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