Category: Jewellery

April 18, 2013

Next Repair Café postponed

Clothing, Community, Darning, Jewellery, Learning, Repair, Resources, Sewing, Sharing, Skills, Social, Sustainability, Textiles

Due to a wedding and an exhibition taking up all the organisers time we are having to postpone the next repair café. It will now take place on Saturday 27th April in the basement of Bom-banes The theme will be textiles, clothing and jewellery. Please contact us if you would like to come along or… → read on

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March 28, 2013

Saturday’s Repair Cafe

Clothing, Community, Darning, Jewellery, Learning, Publicity, Repair, Resources, Sewing, Sharing, Skills, Social, Sustainability, Textiles

Last Saturday’s Repair Cafe was great fun. We met lots of new faces some of whom came along having seen this in The Argus: Izzie our jewellery expert showed people how to fix their necklaces and bracelets Helping Hannah add new beads in with the remains of a necklace which had exploded to create a… → read on

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March 11, 2013

Electrifying!

Clothing, electrical, Jewellery, Learning, Repair, Sewing, Skills, Social, Sustainability, Textiles

We are so pleased to have an electrical expert (another Tom) joining us at the next repair cafe at Bom-Banes on Saturday 23rd March from 11am-3pm. If you are like me and learnt to change a plug at school but can’t remember which wire goes where, come along! Tom will be on hand to help with… → read on

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March 8, 2013

Repair Cafe at Brighton University

Clothing, Community, Darning, Jewellery, Repair, Sewing, Sharing, Skills, Social, Textiles

Yesterday we held a Repair Café at Brighton University as part of #greenweek2013. We set up at the back of the canteen at the Grand Parade campus and were joined for a chat by students and staff. Jewellery tools, darning and stitching were used to repair clothing and accessories and an accidental colour theme emerged! The Swiss… → read on

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February 9, 2013

Repair Cafe – Pilot Part Deux

Clothing, Community, Jewellery, Learning, Repair, Resources, Sewing, Sharing, Skills, Sustainability, Textiles

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

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Category: Jewellery

Next Repair Café postponed

Saturday’s Repair Cafe

Electrifying!

Repair Cafe at Brighton University

Repair Cafe – Pilot Part Deux