Unlocking Lockdown: Exhibition
2022-02-01 - 2022-02-12 | The Storey, 27 Meeting House Ln,, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 1TH, United Kingdom
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 another, perhaps discovering new strengths/skills in themselves and the world around them.

Natural dyes at Midwinter Market
2021-12-17 10:00 - 17:00 UTC
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 projects – supporting our local sustainable food and crafts economy. It also provides the perfect opportunity to meet local landworkers and crafts people directly and celebrate the Midwinter for: “What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness”?

Confirmed stalls so far include:

Backsbottom Farm will be selling a range of unique cider vinegars, organic heritage apples and woodland crafts.

Relic Plastic will be showcasing their range of 100% recycled artisan plastic gifts – extending the life of plastic destined for the landfill or incineration.

Lancaster and Morecambe College will be decorating biscuits for people to try, whilst also bringing along a range of Christmas products to sell.

Claver Hill community food project will have ‘no-dig’ winter salads on sale, surplus veg and locally made chutneys, jams, jellies and cider – made from locally grown fruit and veg. All money raised directly supports this great community food project.

FoodFutures will be launching the midwinter edition of THRIVE Magazine – North Lancashire’s community food magazine – which seeks to highlight and celebrate all the great food work going on locally. They will also have prints on sale and a Midwinter hamper prize draw for anyone who signs up to be a FoodFriend during the day.

Billy’s Eggs, a solid supporter of LESS’s seasonal markets, will have a range of local and free-range eggs, honey, free range cheese and preserves on sale.

Logs Direct will be taking orders for fire wood, including a range of ‘eco logs’. And the Woodland Trust will be handing out information about their work protecting and regenerating British woodlands, including how you can get involved.

To keep us warm, Eggcup will be serving takeaway soup made from surplus food and the Bubbly Box will be offering mulled wine alongside other hot drinks.

If that wasn’t enough, Sewing Cafe Lancaster will also be setting up a one-day-only pop up exhibition “Should Natural dyes be employed again on an industrial scale?”

Join us on the 17th December to find out more!

Clothes Swap, Mend along and Talk
2021-11-23 19:30 - 21:00 | Gregson Lancaster, 3 - 35 Moor Gate, Lancaster, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 3PY, United Kingdom
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 contributor to climate change and a host of other social and environmental impacts. This mend-along session will take us on a tour of what happens to the clothes we donate or throw away – we’ll get inspired with talks from some of the researchers and activists working in this field and then put our thinking caps on to try and design some alternative solutions.

Booking in advance is required

Mending at Great Big Green Week
2021-09-25 13:00 - 16:00
Come and join us for a mending session at the Cornerstone in Sulyard St, Lancaster LA1 1PX

The Lancaster Gregsons and the Brockbanks: Links to Empire and Transatlantic Slavery
2021-09-21 09:30 - 22:30
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 link at
sewingcafelancaster@gmail.com or at www.sewingcafelancaster.com
LBHG Lancaster is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Join Zoom Meeting
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Dyeing With Kitchen Waste
2021-07-31 13:00 - 17:00
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 pigment from vegetable waste on natural fibres. Suited for beginners, limited spaces available, materials included.
Chemical dyes are extremely toxic and cause huge amounts of pollution at every stage of their production and use.
Ingredients in chemical dyes are responsible for huge amounts of pollution of soil and water, this goes beyond those involved in the industry and affects people living in the whole region.
Little textile production occurs in the UK or across Europe, so we become
increasingly divorced from the process and problems inflicted and awareness
declines.
Connect more closely with nature, join us for a small scale DIY alternative to fast fashion, and have fun in the process.
You will learn more about food waste and textiles while having fun in the process

Beer&Yarn
2021-07-13 18:00 - 21:00 | Stonewell Tap, 8-10 Church Street, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 1NP, United Kingdom
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.

Storytelling Café: The Lancaster Lindows
2021-07-13 09:30 - 10:30 | Online
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 they have found. Everyone is welcome, get the zoom link at
sewingcafelancaster@gmail.com or at www.sewingcafelancaster.com

Convivial Clothing: let's explore the power of positive change
2021-07-07 13:45 - 15:15
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

Storytelling Café: Dent Runaway Story and Sattherwaite Family
2021-06-15 09:30 - 22:30
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

Natural Dyes & Printing: The Basics
2021-06-05 10:00 - 16:00
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

Ibo Boy and Dent Runaway Stories
2021-05-25 09:30 - 22:30
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 about the quest for profit, growth and consumption.
Book your place here or get the zoom link at sewingcafelancaster@gmail.com.

Storytelling Café: Jack Gladstone and the Demerara Slave Rebellion (1823)
2021-05-18 09:30 - 22:30 | Online
By Professor Imogen Tyler
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 about the quest for profit, growth and consumption.
Book your place here or get the zoom link at sewingcafelancaster@gmail.com

Storytelling Cafe: Frances Elizabeth Johnson
2021-05-11 09:30 - 22:30 | Online
By Professor Alan Rice
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 about the quest for profit, growth and consumption.
To book click here or get the zoom link at sewingcafelancaster@gmail.com

Give Away: Mending kits
2021-04-24 12:00 - 13:30
Come along, meet the team, have a chat and get one of the mending kits our team have made for you.

Conversation
2021-04-22 18:00 - 19:00
Imprint mag and the Sewing Cafe Lancaster: on sewing, sharing skills and building communities

Mending session: skill share
2021-04-20 08:00 - 17:00
Bring along your socks to darn, that lovely dress that need attention or learn how to sew the button back on your jeans. You will learn skills for life and reduce your carbon footprint by reusing and repairing in a Covid safe environment.
No sewing experience is necessary, Sewing Cafe Lancaster will take you through the steps. Spread the word. 90 minutes slots, booking required at sewingcafelancaster@gmail.com

Beer&Yarn
2021-03-08 20:00 - 23:00 | Online
Join us the second Monday of every month to work on projects over a pint. Bring a hand-sewing, knitting, crocheting, mending, or embroidery. We’ll be meeting on zoom until our favourite local pub is open again.
Looking forward to seeing you!

Beer & Yarn
2020-05-11 20:00 - 23:00 | Online
Join us the second Monday of every month to work on projects over a pint. Bring a hand-sewing, knitting, crocheting, mending, or embroidery. We’ll be meeting on zoom until our favourite local pub is open again.
