BRIGHTON REPAIR CAFE

What’s New?

  • Darn it!

    Breaking news… This Saturday we will have Tom of Holland (one of our repair expert volunteers) joining us to share his knitwear darning expertise: If you have socks with holes in, jumpers with worn out elbows or clothes that moths have been munching bring them along and learn how to darn them better. We will have some needles, threads and… → read on

  • Brighton Repair Cafe Launch Party

    Well, what a night! We were fortunate to have Cat for Freegle, Mike form Build Brighton, Boo from Space Place and Zosia from Lonely Parts, Raquel Seri from Oliver Heath‘s Studio, plus a whole host of other people with repair skills to offer at Bom-Banes.   → read on

  • The 2013 Launch

    Tonight we launch the Brighton Repair Cafe for 2013 with a party (and why not)! Watch this space to find out who came, what they did and how they are going to get involved in future Repair Cafes. → read on

  • Repair Cafe – Pilot Part Deux

    Our second trial Repair Cafe was held in Bom-Bane’s again. With new people coming to mend a mixture of things. As it was 1st December old wool was turned into Christmas pom-poms. Broken necklaces were remade into bracelets and new necklaces. Jasmin learnt how to make a bracelet. …And plans were made for the new… → read on

  • Our first pilot Repair Cafe

    Our first Repair Cafe took place on 17th November 2012 at the fantastically quirky Bom-Bane’s (http://bom-banes.com/) The theme was sewing and textile repairs and a good crowd turned up and got busy repairing and chatting. We were pleased to have Cat Fletcher from Freegle (http://www.ilovefreegle.org/) join us for the session. Qingyun learnt to use a… → read on

  • Hello Brighton

    We are going to use this blog to document the repair cafe as it evolves, please post any feedback, ideas or requests for future suggestions or links to other exciting projects. → read on

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