The Green House Clothing Repair Café

The Green House is hosting another Clothing Repair Café on Sunday 29 November, from 1pm to 3.30pm. It's a simple enough setup: you bring in the clothes or textiles you've been meaning to fix, and volunteer repairers give you a hand getting them sorted. The whole thing is free, so it's as much about keeping your favourite bits of clothing out of the landfill as it is about saving a few quid on a new replacement.

If you haven't come across it before, The Green House is a community eco-hub sitting above Jefferson Eco on London Road. It's home to an eco library, a recycling point, and a regular programme of sustainability talks, workshops, clubs and repair events. The sewing repair café is part of that line-up, run by volunteers who help you repair and restore the things you'd rather keep than throw away — a formula they describe as kind to both the wallet and the planet. While you wait for your turn, you can watch the volunteers at work or just have a cuppa and a piece of cake.

There are a few practical things to keep in mind before you head down. The session takes repairs only, not alterations, so it's for fixing things that are broken rather than changing how they fit. The volunteers can't work on leather, heavy-duty or waterproof fabrics, and if you're coming in for a replacement zip, you'll need to bring the new one with you. Other than that, just gather up whatever needs a bit of attention and bring it along.

You'll find it at The Green House, 46 London Road, St Albans, AL1 1NG, on Sunday 29 November from 1pm to 3.30pm. It's free to attend.