Fix Club Southville

Fix Club is a regular meet-up for beginner and experienced needle-crafters alike to come together to mend our clothes and household textiles. Our aim is to reduce textile waste while extending the life of our clothes and getting to know each other.

Hole-ridden jeans, ripped shirts and sheets, wobbly buttons, jumpers that have seen better days? They’re all welcome.

You can pick up hints and tips from the more advanced sewists among us, or help those less experienced than you to fix their stuff.

We run two sessions a month in the café space at BS3 Community Southville Centre:

• Tuesday mornings (10:00-12:00). The café is open for you to buy a drink and snack to accompany your mending.

• Thursday evening sessions (18:30-20:15). The café itself is closed and I will provide tea, coffee and light snacks.

You can also get tickets for our Windmill Hill Community Centre sessions, held once a month on a Monday evening.

Please double check you've selected the right location and time when booking your spot!

How does it work?

The session starts with getting to know one another and sharing our current mending projects. There will be an opportunity for those who need some extra help to partner up with more experienced sewists who are happy to share their skills and advice.

We'll spend the rest of the time working on our mends and sharing our tricky fixing problems and solutions.

Zero confidence in your sewing abilities?

Beginners are very welcome. We hope that Fix Club will give you the confidence to have a go, make mistakes and try again. Questions and requests for help are encouraged.

Does a teacher lead Fix Club?

Fix Club is an informal learning space with communal problem-solving at its heart. You and your fellow fixers are there to help one another. There’s no official tuition from one designated teacher.

Do you provide equipment and materials?

You’re welcome to borrow our bits and pieces. We provide scissors, threads, pins and needles and fabric scraps to help you with your mends. If you have your own sewing basket, please feel free to bring it along.

What's included in the ticket price?

A small donation to our hosts, BS3 Community, access to our mending equipment, material and books throughout the session.

There is a 'pay what you can' option for anyone who can't afford this additional cost at the moment.

You can also contribute to the price of someone else's ticket by choosing to pay more than the standard ticket price.

On the day

Please arrive as close to the start time as possible. We meet in the café, which is on the left as you go through the main doors of the community centre.

There's a bike park, and free, residential street car parking after 5pm, Monday to Saturday and all day Sunday. The centre's car park is also available after 6pm Monday to Friday and all day Saturday to Sunday.

Finding a car parking spot may be trickier for the Tuesday morning session so if possible, please come by foot, bike, or public transport.

It's a 15 minute walk from Bedminster train station and a 5 minute walk from North Street, served by the no. 24 bus.

Facilities

•  Refreshments

•  Toilets

•  Wheelchair accessible

Questions? Please drop me a line at sarah@makingmends.org