Ready Steady Sew with the Ealing Repair Café


A number of upcoming events promoting reuse of textiles


Mary (left) with volunteers Lone and Yvonne

February 21, 2024

The Ealing Repair Café is a team of volunteers helping to bring a Circular economy to West London, through friendly meet ups teaching textiles. This is one of the many non-for-profit organisations in and around the area helping to create a sense of community.

It showsis people how to stitch up their old clothes to transform them into something new. The project is led by Mary Horesh, who with the help of a team of volunteers runs classes, teaching different embroidery techniques to encourage the up cycling of clothing.

They welcome all levels of sewing ability. Across February and March, they are offering several different workshops you can go along to. They ask for a small donation of £3 to aid them in covering their costs.

If you’re not able to make it to any of their upcoming sessions, visit the Ealing Repair Café website for lots of advice and tips.

A few of the upcoming sessions are as follows:

Wednesday 21 February: Mend and Natter at Act One Cafe, 119 - 121 High Street Acton, W3 6NA. From 2pm-4pm.
Saturday 24 February: Livat Centre, Kings Street, Hammersmith. From 1pm - 4pm.
Tuesday 27 February: Patch, Darn and Natter, 255A Northfield Ave, W5 4UA. From 5.30pm until 6.45pm.
Saturday, 2 March: Reduce and Recycle Hub, Acton Market, 10am -3 pm.

Sophie Rowberry

 

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