Stitch In Time happens on the first Wednesday of every month, 7.00pm to 9.00pm at Kingston Environment Centre, Fairfield East, KT1 2PT - Google Maps Link
These sociable sewing sessions are an opportunity to share skills. Anyone (young or old, expert or novice, male or female) who'd like advice or help with a sewing problem, or can offer advice, or would like to improve their sewing skills and learn new ways of doing things, is welcome. Tea, biscuits and conversation provided.
At every Stitch In Time session you are welcome to bring along a sewing problem or project, ask for advice or help with it, and work on it for the whole session if you like. Bring scissors and other useful bits and pieces (e g matching thread) if you can. Thanks to Freegle, Des Kay and other donors, Stitch in Time owns several sewing machines and lots of materials which we are learning our way around, and you are welcome to use these.
Additionally at most session, there will be someone sharing a skill or leading on a particular project, with lots of information on tools and materials as we go, and the opportunity to help plan future workshops: what skills would you like to learn or share? More creative possibilities include knitting, crochet, patching, making a rag-rug...
Please note: the organisers and skill-sharers are not experts or sewing teachers, and everyone who comes along voluntarily is responsible for their own possessions and their own health and safety. We won't do your repairs or alterations for you, just show you how, including useful short-cuts we have picked up, and encourage you to have a go yourself! We enjoy sharing our know-how, and we hate waste - so we hope to encourage everyone who comes along to re-use, repair, renovate and upcycle clothes and other textiles, keeping them out of landfill and saving money at the same time.
We are very grateful to Kingston Environment Centre for providing us with a good space for our workshops and a store-cupboard. We couldn't operate without the Centre, and Stitch in Time is now a paid-up member. Though our sessions are free and open to all, we do ask for voluntary donations towards expenses such as the annual membership subcription and refreshments.
Coming Up
Spring and summer sessions will include tips on "spring cleaning your wardrobe" - refreshing and repairing and altering old clothes to make them wearable again. Winter sessions tend to focus on keeping warm.
Likely projects include; making presents and reusable cloth bags to put them in (and learning to decorate them with embroidery and applique); learning how to line curtains with insulating lining, keeping out the cold... Other possibles, depending on demand: getting the best out of sewing machines, knitting, patchwork, tatting (if anyone can teach us), reviving old clothes, either your own or something from a charity shop...
Later in the Year
More making do and mending, and your requests...
Please note: that the organisers and tutors are not experts, and that everyone who comes along voluntarily is responsible for their own possessions and their own health and safety.
Regular transition events
Kingston Orchard Working Party
Kingston Orchard Project runs working parties every Sunday 2-4pm at Knollmead Allotments Tolworth, KT5 9QP
Stitch in Time
First Wednesday of every month. TTK's sociable sewing sessions at Kingston Environment Centre, Fairfield East, KT1 2PT
Permaculture at Knollmead
Some Sunday afternoons. Contact Simone at simone@stainedglass.freeserve.co.uk or on 07737 277 470 for info and dates
Join the transition
