Learn more about Sewing Cafe Lancaster, ongoing and upcoming projects and events, and how you can get involved in a community of passionate individuals who care about sustainability and our closets. We’d love to meet more of this community in person!
Come and have a go at Hapa-zome and bundle dyeing with spring flowers at Claver Hil, with Enda O’Regan and Katrina Barnish from Sewing Cafe Lancaster. Free and all materials provided This is an outdoor event, please come dressed for the weather. Claver Hill Community Food Growing Project is located on Ridge Lane, just past […]
Undressed: A festival unravelling our relationship with clothes. 22 – 26 April 2022 “Textile production is a major contributor to climate change. It produces an estimated 1.2 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent (CO2e) per year – more than international flights and maritime shipping combined.” – Ellen Macarthur Foundation Sustainability starts with us and can be […]
Join us for our annual event honouring the victims of our unsustainable fashion consumption and give breath to new ideas and a different way of being. Learn about sustainability movements, individual and community action, learn a new skill or discover something new.
Every item of clothing has a story to tell. We are documenting local stories and portraits of garments and wearers for this year’s Fashion Revolution Week event Interwoven. Maybe your grandmother made it for you and it reminds you of her, or you’ve just had it so long you can’t get rid of it. Maybe […]
On the last Tuesday of each month, the un-named book club meets from 7:30 pm at the Gregson to discuss social and environmental issues that concern us all. Using a book, podcast or any other visual content as a starting point we gather together to learn from each other and draw ways forward in a […]
Spend the afternoon learning about the Palestinian art of Tatreez. Join Palestinian Solidarity Campaign Lancaster and Sewing Cafe Lancaster in the Music Room at The Storey for a hands-on experience in traditional Palestinian embroidery. Learn about the history and significance of this art form while creating your own masterpiece. Our skilled instructors will guide you […]
Join us for
Join us for 3 days of activities, workshops, speakers, and exhibits to explore how the wear and care of our clothes is entangled with the socio-
environmental crisis. Let’s nourish healthy relationships with the clothes in
our closet and the environments beyond.
All events are donation based/free.
Our event coincides with Fashion Revolution week 2025. Fashion Revolution was founded by Carrie Somers and Orlando Castro in the wake of the Rana Plaza (Bangladesh), disaster in 2013.
Find us in Gregson’s Snug Sew hand stitched fabric leaves and contribute to the ever enlarging commemorative exhibition for the thousands who died in the 2013 Rana Plaza collapse.
Pocket history, pocket instruction and pocket sewing. Make the most of your clothes!
A workshop for those intending or interested in making/adapting garments and outfits (for yourself or someone else to model) for our 2nd Alternative Runway to be staged on April 25th in Storey Gallery)