What’s on

Come along with your clothes mending pile and problem mends to our sessions. We offer advice, lessons, inspiration and guidance to mend your clothes. 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. You can pick up one of our darning and patching guides.

We ask for a small donation to cover costs. Please Donate to Collectiv online or at our sessions and suggest a £4 donation. We have set up our Ealing Repair Cafe Eventbrite so you can book your space (not essential).

We bring along our sewing machine to some sessions (marked with **), that you can use for suitable mends. If you are looking for sewing machine lessons, we recommend these local lessons.

January

  • Tuesday, 13 January: Ealing Clothes Mend and Natter at West Ealing Community Library, Melbourne Avenue, Ealing, London W13 9BT. From 2 pm-3.30pm. Hand powered Singer sewing machine available for suitable mends.* Reserve place
  • Saturday 17 January: ReActon Repair and Reuse event, Acton Gardens Community Centre, Unit A, Munster Court, Bollo Bridge Road, W3 8UU. From 11 am – 2 pm.  Ealing Repair Cafe will be there with our mend and natter, make your own t-shirt yarn bracelets and upcycled denim draught excluders.* Repair and recycling activities including book swap and:
  • Tuesday, 20 January: Ealing Clothes Mend and Natter, Northfields Library, 255A Northfield Ave, Ealing, W5 4UA. From 5.00 until 6.45 pm. Hand powered Singer sewing machine available for suitable mends.* Reserve place
  • Saturday, 24 January: Ealing Clothes Mend and Natter at Kiosk GQ, Greenford Quay. Unit A, Glassworks Court, Grenan Square, Greenford, UB6 0GR. From 1-3 pm. Sewing machines available for suitable mends. *

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Our Ealing Repair Cafe volunteers also help out Traid who run Clothes Repair events around London boroughs. Nearby we have Chiswick Repair Cafe who run monthly gatherings and can mend all sorts of items.

At our sessions we will have hand sewing equipment to borrow, material for patches and sewing guides and books for reference. A sewing machine is available at some sessions. indicated by *.  We ask for a small donation, (suggested £4) to cover running costs such as sewing equipment, material, refreshments for volunteers and sewing equipment. 

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