Need help on how to repair clothes? Let Ealing Repair cafe teach you how to mend your clothes. Pop along to one of their meet ups in January, listed below.
Ealing Repair cafe volunteers will teach you how to patch and darn, using hand sewing at their gatherings around Ealing and Acton. At their sessions they bring hand sewing equipment, fabric scraps and samples. Additionally, some sessions they have sewing machines available to use. They have everything to get you started in mending your clothes.
Ealing Repair café encourages the mending of clothes and textiles. They want to get more people valuing and wearing their clothes for longer and to move away from fast disposable fashion. The fashion industry is responsible for 8-10% of global emissions which contributes to climate change and UK shoppers buy more clothes than any other country in Europe. Water use is another big issue and cotton is very thirsty plant. For example, the making of a cotton t-shirt uses 2,700 litres of water, so lets make all those drops of water worth it by wearing it for longer.
Be inspired also by their upcycled clothes projects such as drawstring bags out of t-shirts and draught excluder out of old jeans, which they can show you on the day. Turning t-shirt into yarn is so satisfying.
All levels of sewing welcome, from beginners to advance, there’s always something new to share or learn. At some sessions there are sewing machines for alterations and mending seams. Their volunteers will be on hand to teach you on the simple steps to repair clothes. Pick up their darning and patching guide. A small donation of £4 is asked for at each session 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.
Ealing Repair cafe meets ups around Ealing and Acton are:
January
- Thursday, 9 January: Ealing Clothes Mend and Natter, Ealing Broadway Library, The Broadway, Ealing Broadway Shopping Centre, London W5 5JY. From 5.30-6.30.
- Saturday, 11 January: Reduce and Recycle Hub, St Mary’s Church Acton 11.30am -3.30 pm. St Mary’s Church, The Mount, Acton. Our volunteers teach you how to mend and fix your clothes. See full details Reduce and Recycle hub for more details.
- Tuesday, 14 January: Clothes Mend and Natter at West Ealing Community Library, Melbourne Avenue, Ealing, London W13 9BT. From 2 pm-4pm** Sewing machine available for fixing seams and suitable mends.
- Saturday, 18 January, 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/
- Tuesday, 21 January: Acton Clothes Mend and Natter at ActOne Cafe, 119-121 High Street, Acton, W3 6NA. From 11.15 am until 1 pm. Please support the ActOne café by buying refreshments from the café and not bringing from outside. ** Sewing machine available for fixing seams and suitable mends.
- Tuesday, 21 January: Ealing Clothes Mend and Natter, Northfields Library, 255A Northfield Ave, Ealing, W5 4UA. From 5.00 until 6.45 pm.
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