Come along with your mending pile and problem mends to our monthly gatherings to get advice and guidance. Our volunteers will be on hand to teach you on how to repair your clothes. You can pick up one of our darning and patching guides.
We bring along our sewing machine to some sessions marked with **, so you can to try out on alterations and mending seams. We recommend these local Sewing Machine lessons. We ask for a small donation, so please contribute to our Collectiv online or at our sessions to cover costs and suggest a £3 donation.
May
- Saturday 20 May: Clothes swap, Ealing Broadway Shopping Centre. There will also Ealing Repair Cafe will be on hand to teach you for FREE how to mend your clothes between 11-12 pm and 1pm-2pm. Come along with your clothes to swap and find some lovely pre-loved clothes to boost your wardrobe.
- Monday 22 May: Patch, Darn 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 30 May, Westfield Stratford Ealing Repair cafe will be support Traid teaching people how to mend denim and their clothes. Find out more and book tickets:
The Denim Doctor, 1-3 pm
Repair & Rewear, 3-5 pm
Lots of other great workshops and talks in both Westfield White city and Stratford. More details at GoodFest
June
- Thursday 1 June, Westfield London Ealing Repair cafe will be support Traid teaching people how to mend denim and their clothes. Find out more and book tickets:
The Denim Doctor, 1-3 pm
Repair & Rewear, 3-5 pm
Lots of other great workshops and talks in both Westfield White city and Stratford. More details at GoodFest - Saturday, 3 June: Reduce and Recycle Hub, Acton Market 10am -3 pm. Will be there to help you mend and fix your clothes.
- Friday 9 June, From 2-4pm: Meet and Make at St Mellitus Church, 1 Church Rd, Hanwell, W7 3B. Ealing Repair cafe will pop along to teach mends and patches at their regular crafty meet up. ** Sewing machine available for fixing seams and suitable mends.
- Monday 12 June: Patch, Darn 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.
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At our sessions we will have hand sewing sets available to buy or to borrow, material for patches and sewing guides and books for reference. A sewing machine is available at some sessions. We ask for a small donation, (suggested £3) to cover running costs such as room hire, material and sewing equipment.
Ealing Repair Cafe 