Join us for our Weekday Sewing Repair Cafe!
Following the success of our Repair Cafes on the last Saturday or the month in January, April and September, we’re introducing these additional weekday evening sessions to make sure we can meet you repair needs! These sessions will take place on the first Wednesday of the month in December, May and August. Find out more about our Saturday Repair Cafes here.
We'll help you mend and repair items including:
Clothes, hats and bags - our volunteers will guide you through mending skills such as how to sew on a missing or loose button, hemming tricks and tips for alterations, and how to repair small holes. If you need a specific colour of fabric or thread and you have that, please bring it with you. Please bring spare buttons and if you need a new zip, please buy that and bring it with you.
Please be aware that the volunteers give their time for free to help you mend and repair.
If we help you, a donation made to St Margaret’s House on the day would be very gratefully received.
If you would like to volunteer with us we would love your help. Please fill out this form and we will get in touch with you shortly.
Our Repair Cafe is part of a collaboration between St Margaret’s House, The Royal Foundation of St. Katherine and Poplar Union who host a series of monthly Repair Cafe across Tower Hamlets. Please find more information about this collaboration here.
Image credit: Chuck Blue Lowry.
Contact: If you have any questions regarding this session, please email programming@stmargaretshouse.org.uk
Venue: The Mulberry Hall at St Margaret's House, 21 Old Ford Road, London, E2 9PL
Access: If you have any access needs of which we should be aware, please get in touch with us on 020 8980 2092 or email programming@stmargaretshouse.org.uk.
Date: Wednesday 2nd December
Time: 5.30-7.30pm (We advise you to come closer to 6pm for us to guarantee that we can get to you and your repair)
Tickets: Though the Repair Cafe is free, we ask you to book a ticket to help us see how many people we will be expecting.