Ever found a treasure at Surry Hills Markets, only to realise it has a hole/is too small/long/plain/fussy?

Next time, buy it anyway and bring it straight to nearby Wilson Cafe for a very chill, youth-led hand-stitching session where you can:

Bring your own clothes to repair or upcycle
Help yourself to small textile bundles, vintage buttons, ribbons and all the supplies you need*
Learn hand-sewing, embroidery, t-shirt yarn crochet, applique, and more from our mentors

No pressure, just the joy of making, sharing, and reconnecting through textiles.

*Needles, embroidery hoops, crochet hooks etc must be returned at the end of the session, but all textiles, buttons, trimmings and notions are free to use on the day/take home to finish if needed.

Slogue Circles take the humble sewing circle out of living rooms and into libraries, markets, festivals — and perhaps, one day soon, high streets. Youth-led, hands-on, and visible, they flip the meaning of fashion and bring textile creativity back into everyday life.

Textiles… For over 20,000 years, they’ve been used to protest, commemorate, and call for change… Can sewing once again call for change — this time within the fashion industry itself?