• Natural Dyes & Printing: The Basics

    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

    £65
  • Storytelling Café: Dent Runaway Story and Sattherwaite Family

    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 […]

    Free
  • Convivial Clothing: let’s explore the power of positive change

    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: The Lancaster Lindows

    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 […]

    Free
  • Beer&Yarn

    Stonewell Tap 8-10 Church Street, Lancaster, Lancashire, 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.

    Free
  • Dyeing With Kitchen Waste

    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 […]

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  • The Lancaster Gregsons and the Brockbanks: Links to Empire and Transatlantic Slavery

    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 […]

    Free
  • Mending at Great Big Green Week

    Come and join us for a mending session at the Cornerstone in Sulyard St, Lancaster LA1 1PX

  • Clothes Swap, Mend along and Talk

    Gregson Lancaster 3 – 35 Moor Gate, Lancaster, Lancaster, Lancashire, 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 […]

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  • Natural dyes at Midwinter Market

    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 […]

  • Unlocking Lockdown: Exhibition

    The Storey 27 Meeting House Ln,, Lancaster, Lancashire, 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 […]

    Free
  • Beer & Yarn

    Stonewell Tap 8-10 Church Street, Lancaster, Lancashire, United Kingdom

    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. An evening event where Menders, Embroiderers, Knitters and Crocheters come together socially to share and enjoy the craft. We love natural fibres and natural beer. First Tuesday of every month, […]