Ibo Boy Story by Drahoslava Machova and Dent Runaway Story Professor Imogen Tyler, an online Storytelling Café. Sewing Café Lancaster is making a banner about Lancaster and the slave trade. To get inspired the researchers are talking (online) about the stories they have found. Everyone is welcome, because the past has loads to teach us… Read More »Ibo Boy and Dent Runaway Stories

Learn how to make a dye from dried or fresh ingredients, experiment eco-printing and more by Katrina Barnish and Sewing Cafe Lancaster's team. Where? At The Rewilding, Patty's Barn LA2 0DY https://www.the-rewilding.com/ How much? Early bird £60 until the 22nd of May Full £65 How to book? sewingcafelancaster@gmail.com Limited numbers in a Covid safe environment

Because the past has loads to teach us about the quest for profit, growth and consumption Sewing Café Lancaster is making a banner about Lancaster and the slave trade. To get inspired the researchers are talking (online) about the stories they have found. Everyone is welcome, get the zoom link at sewingcafelancaster@gmail.com or at www.sewingcafelancaster.com… Read More »Storytelling Café: Dent Runaway Story and Sattherwaite Family

Sewing Café Lancaster and Stitched Up Co-operative collaborate to reimagine the textile Industry while doing some mending! 7th Degrowth / 16th ISEE International Society for Ecological Economics Conference: “Building Alternative Livelihoods in times of ecological and political crisis" Registration: https://www.eventsforce.net/hg3/197/register

Because the past has loads to teach us about the quest for profit, growth and consumption By Jasmine Patel, Emma Chandler and Emily Yates, Lancaster Girls Grammar school students and researchers. Sewing Café Lancaster is making a banner about Lancaster and the slave trade. To get inspired the researchers are talking (online) about the stories… Read More »Storytelling Café: The Lancaster Lindows

We are back to the Pub! Bring a project and connect with the sewing, crafting, mending community. Would love to see your faces and hear about what you are working on.

Come and have a taste of the variety of vibrant colours using non toxic plant based processes. Bookings at: 1pm to 2:30 pm https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dyeing-fabric-with-kitchen-waste-lancaster-health-festival-tickets-163827166465 3pm to 4:30 pm https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dyeing-fabric-with-kitchen-waste-lancaster-health-festival-tickets-163827296855 Come and have a taste of the variety of vibrant colours using non toxic plant based processes. Learn the basics on how to extract and use… Read More »Dyeing With Kitchen Waste

By By Lancaster Royal Grammar School Because the past has loads to teach us about the quest for profit, growth and consumption Sewing Café Lancaster is making a banner about Lancaster and the slave trade. To get inspired the researchers are talking (online) about the stories they have found. Everyone is welcome, get the zoom… Read More »The Lancaster Gregsons and the Brockbanks: Links to Empire and Transatlantic Slavery

What’s on offer? This year’s Crafternoon will focus on fashion and its implications for social and environmental justice. Bring your mending and join us to explore the fate of secondhand clothing as we unpick the connections between clothing, climate and more... What’s it about? The rise of the so-called fast fashion industry is a major… Read More »Clothes Swap, Mend along and Talk

Our Natural Dyes exhibition at the Midwinter market! On the 17th December from 10:00-17:00 Lancaster’s Midwinter Market will return to Lancaster’s central market square; showcasing local food and drink producers, woodworkers, community food projects and local craftspeople. It’s a great chance to source food and ‘sustainable’ gifts for Christmas from small local businesses and community… Read More »Natural dyes at Midwinter Market

Unlocking Lockdown is a community-based arts project organised by Sewing Café Lancaster. The Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns have brought hardship and challenges to all of us in different ways and to varying degrees. In the midst of these tough times, we hope there were some positives too, such as people working together to support one… Read More »Unlocking Lockdown: Exhibition