IRL event calendar 🎟️
UK-based babes, this one’s for you. Keep scrolling to find local slow fashion socials, clothes swaps and crafty workshops - and don’t forget to check back for the monthly update!
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February events
💫 Fashion upcycling workshop 🗓️ Fri 6th Feb ⏰ 1:30 - 5:30pm📍Oxo Tower Wharf, London
💫 Collage Calendar Workshop 🗓️ Fri 6th Feb ⏰ 7 - 9pm📍Lisa Says Gah, London
💫 Material Grrrlz club 🗓️ Sat 7th Feb ⏰ 11am - 1pm📍Damsel Collective, London
💫 Learn to darn: weaving patches 🗓️ Sat 7th Feb ⏰ 11am - 1pm📍Sparks, Bristol
💫 Sashiko visible mending workshop 🗓️ Sat 7th Feb ⏰ 2 - 5pm📍Sparks, Bristol
💫 Creative garment upcycling weekend 🗓️ Sat 7th Sun 9th Feb📍The Stitchery, Glasgow
💫 Decarbonise fashion & textiles course 🗓️ Mon 9th Feb ⏰ 10:30am - 4pm📍London College of Fashion, London
💫 Cushion workshop 🗓️ Tue 10th Feb ⏰ 6:30 - 8:30pm📍The Trampery, London
💫 Natural fibres & dyes networking day 🗓️ Thu 12th Feb ⏰ 10:30am - 3pm📍Fernhill farm, Somerset
💫 Clothes swap 🗓️ Sat 14th Feb ⏰ 11:30am - 3pm📍Harrow leisure centre, Harrow
💫 Clothing repair cafe 🗓️ Sun 15th Feb ⏰ 1 - 4pm📍The Green House, St Albans
💫 Slow fashion social 🗓️ Sun 15th Feb ⏰ 3 - 5pm📍The Canteen, Bristol
💫 Swap not shop 🗓️ Mon 16th Feb ⏰ 6:30 - 8pm📍Ellie’s, London
💫 Napkin/placemat workshop 🗓️ Tue 17th Feb ⏰ 6:30 - 8:30pm📍The Trampery, London
💫 The Stitch Festival 🗓️Thu 19th - Sun 22nd Feb📍Business Design Centre, London
💫 Bookmark making & book swap 🗓️ Sun 22nd Feb ⏰ 6:30 - 8:30pm📍Wapping Wharf, Bristol
💫 Book swap 🗓️ Sun 22nd Feb ⏰ 1 - 5pm📍Arts Bar Baltic, Liverpool
💫 Online zine-making club 🗓️ Sun 22nd Feb ⏰ 6pm📍Zoom
💫 Jewellery upcycling workshop 🗓️ Tue 24th Feb ⏰ 6 - 8pm📍Bampton Library and Resource Centre, Devon
💫 London zine-making club 🗓️ Wed 25th Feb ⏰ 6pm📍The Arthouse, London
💫 Tee appliqué workshop 🗓️ Thu 26th Feb ⏰ 11am - 3pm📍Lend & Mend, Wrexham
💫 Upcycled fashion show 🗓️ Thu 26th Feb ⏰ 5:45- 7:30pm📍Civic Centre, Uckfield
💫 Fabric collage workshop 🗓️ Fri 27th Feb ⏰ 6:30 - 8pm📍Kitsch Sisters Studio, Belfast
💫 Appliqué + upcycling workshop 🗓️ Fri 27th Feb ⏰ 12 - 2pm📍Sancta Bookshop Cafe, Leeds
💫 Just Sust festival 🗓️ Sat 28th Feb ⏰ 11am - 9pm📍Brimscombe Mill, Stroud
💫 Plant swap 🗓️ Sat 28th Feb ⏰ 11am - 12pm📍Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast
Reoccurring events
⭐️ Knit & natter 🗓️ Every Wednesday ⏰ 2 - 4pm📍Edinburgh Central Library, Edinburgh
⭐️ Swap Shop 🗓️ Every Tuesday ⏰ 11am - 3pm📍Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham
⭐️ Community threads sewing group 🗓️ Every Friday ⏰ 12:30 - 2:30pm📍Sparks, Bristol
⭐️ Slow fashion social 🗓️ First Sunday of every month ⏰ 2 - 4pm📍The Canteen, Bristol
⭐️ Swap & sewcial 🗓️ Second Saturday of every month📍St Saviour’s Yard, Norwich
⭐️ Swap ya talkin’ about 🗓️ Second Sunday of every month ⏰ 2- 4pm📍Heathfield Resource Centre, Norwich
⭐️ Repair & refashion your clothes 🗓️ Third Monday of every month ⏰ 6:30- 8pm📍The Remakery, London
⭐️ Gather 🗓️ Every Wednesday ⏰ 2- 4pm📍Sparks, Bristol