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.
We are taking a summer break from our regular sessions at Northfields Library, West Ealing Library and Greenford. We will be back at these venues in September.
October
- Monday, 5 October: ReActon. Stirling Road, Acton, W3 8DJ. Free workshops on:
- Learn to make t-shirt yarn, 11.15 am – 12.00 noon. You will learn how to make t-shirt yarn. Reserve your place
- Clothes Repair and Natter, 12.30 pm – 1.30 pm. Reserve your place
- Wednesday, 7 October: Mend and natter Lunch and Learn at Perceval House, 14-16 Uxbridge Road, W5 2HL. From 1.00 pm – 2:00 pm. Join this relaxed session where you can learn sewing, stitching and repairing techniques with us. Reserve your place
- Monday, 12 October: ReActon. Stirling Road, Acton, W3 8DJ. Free workshops on:
- Learn to make t-shirt yarn, 11.15 am – 12.00 noon. You will learn how to make t-shirt yarn. Reserve your place
- Make a denim draught excluder, 12.00 am – 1.00 pm. You will learn how to make upcycled denim draught excluder by showing the steps to make it. You will stuff one which you can either take home or donate to a local project. Reserve your place
- Clothes Repair and Natter, 12.30 pm – 1.30 pm. Reserve your place
- Tuesday, 13 October: 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 your place
- CHANGE OF DATE: Thursday, 15 October: Upcycling workshop: make your own draught excluder, 14-16 Uxbridge Road, W5 2HL. From 1 pm- 2 pm. You will be shown the steps to make a denim upcycled draught excluder. You will stuff one which you can either take home or donate to a local project. Reserve your place
- Monday, 19 October: ReActon. Stirling Road, Acton, W3 8DJ. Free workshops on:
- Learn to make t-shirt yarn, 11.15 am – 12.00 noon. You will learn how to make t-shirt yarn. Reserve a place
- Make a denim draught excluder, 12.00 am – 1.00 pm. You will learn how to make upcycled denim draught excluder by showing the steps to make it. You will stuff one which you can either take home or donate to a local project. Reserve your place
- Clothes Repair and Natter, 12.30 pm – 1.30 pm. Reserve your place
- Tuesday, 20 October: 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 your place
- Monday, 26 October: ReActon. Stirling Road, Acton, W3 8DJ. Free workshops on:
- Learn to make t-shirt yarn, 11.15 am – 12.00 noon. You will learn how to make t-shirt yarn. Reserve your place
- Make a denim draught excluder, 12.00 am – 1.00 pm. You will learn how to make upcycled denim draught excluder by showing the steps to make it. You will stuff one which you can either take home or donate to a local project. Reserve your place
- Clothes Repair and Natter, 12.30 pm – 1.30 pm. Reserve your place
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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.
