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

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