Making Mends

30/09/2026

Our Mending Marathon is happening TOMORROW! (Thursday) 5-8pm at BS3 Community Development's Southville Centre!

We'd love you to join us, along with your repair pile, to see how many items we can mend between us.

We're aiming for a huge 100... so let's see what we can do.

Get your ticket here: https://hdfst.uk/e158867

If you're in two minds about whether to join us, here are 6 reasons we think you should:

1. It's a chance to start working through your intimidating mending pile, with friendly guidance from experienced repairers on hand.

2. Be part of a fun team challenge! We’ll work together to try to make 100 mends in 3 hours... (But there’s no shame if we don’t, obvs.)

3. Drinks and srsly delicious veggie, vegan and gf snacks from locals, Kate's Kitchen, are included in your ticket price to fuel your mending.

4. Time away from screens, meeting lovely people, using your hands in both a practical and creative way is SO good for you!

5. Can’t make the whole 3 hours? No problem. Stay for as long as you like (just make sure you’re there around 6pm for the delicious snacks)

6. Is £8 too spendy for you? There’s a handful of reduced rate tickets available to hopefully make it more accessible for you.

Find our more and get your ticket: https://hdfst.uk/e158867

26/09/2026

Sustainable Fashion Week 2026 is here!

So, what does sustainable fashion mean to you?

It could be buying fewer, better quality items, buying secondhand or from smaller, local designers and makers, or swapping and handing down among your friends and family.

It could be making more of what you already have through repairing, repurposing, upcycling or styling things differently.

It could be campaigning for garment workers' rights, or supporting organisations that do this work. Or raising awareness about the obscene inequality in fashion supply chains - with big brands making huge profits while workers don't earn enough money to live on.

Or something else.

For me it's a mixture of all the above. I want to do everything I can to slow fashion down, resisting the temptation of fast fashion to show big brands that we don't need the billions of new, mainly polyester garments they produce every year (only for a similar amount to be incinerated or end up in landfill), thank you very much.

And that's what's at the heart of our activities for this year's Sustainable Fashion Week.

Tomorrow's BS3 Slow Fashion Fest centres around the idea that the most sustainable items of clothing are the ones you already own, offering lots of activities to help you to hang on to what you already love by giving it a new lease of life.

Our Screening: Woman Grows Jeans event on Tuesday will take a hopeful look at how wholesome the textile and garment making industry could be, as Justine grows, dyes, weaves and stitches a pair of jeans from scratch in the UK. After the screening, we'll chat fast fashion, garment workers' rights, and the importance of creativity with Labour Behind the Label's Anna Bryher.

Last, but not least, with Thursday evening's Fix Club Special: Fix Club Special: Mending Marathon we want to bring together our community to see we can achieve together. We're aiming to make 100 repairs in 3 hours... (but whatever we manage will be great!) Can you help?? All levels welcome - there will be guidance on hand from four wonderful, experienced repairers (Ronnie, Suzanne, Shika and Sophie), a sewing machine or two, moral support, tools, materials and some excellent veggie and vegan snacks from local caterers Kate's Kitchen to keep us going (this is probably the part I'm most excited about).

There are loads of other events happening across Bristol (and beyond) for Sustainable Fashion Week. Find your nearest events here: http://asinglethread.org

Find out more about all the Bristol Bedminster SFW hub events here:
https://www.makingmends.org/seamful/sustainable-fashion-week-2026

We’re excited to be hosting the Bristol Bedminster Hub for this year’s Sustainable Fashion Week (SFW) alongside BS3 Community Development . The theme for SFW 2026 is Threads of Resistance , and we’re weaving this throughout our events. We’re hosting three events across Bedminster that we

25/09/2026

Your checklist for Sunday, to make the most out of the BS3 Slow Fashion Fest ✨

Tickets: £5 in advance, £8 on the door... £3 for 3-15 year-olds
https://hdfst.uk/e157324

24/09/2026

Coming up THIS SUNDAY, 27 September, we're going to be squeezing so many lovely, creative and inspiring people and activities into BS3 Community Development's Southville Centre from 11am-3pm.

All the drop-in workshops (screen printing, lino print patches, crochet, fabric jewellery, Fix Club, denim repair, patching and embroidery) are included in your ticket price - £5 in advance (plus booking fee) or £8 on the door. Children (3-15) are £3 either way.

Buy your ticket here: https://hdfst.uk/e157324

Thread Bunny's repair service is an additional cost - but they're offering a 50% discount on their normal price list. Drop Sophie a line at [email protected] to book yourself in.

If you prefer your slow fashion pre-made, we have some great stalls from local makers and vintage clothes specialists (swipe through the images to check them out!).

We would LOVE you to join us in reducing what we buy and waste, by rewearing, repairing and repurposing what we already have, all while resisting the extractive fast fashion industry in the name of beauty, creativity, community, and fun.

This event is part of Sustainable Fashion Week Bristol Bedminster hub programme - one of sooo many awesome events taking place across the city, and the UK more widely. Find out more at asinglethread.org

Can't wait to see you on Sunday!

22/09/2026

Join us at Windmill Hill City Farm a week today (Tuesday 29 Sep, 18:45–20:30) to watch and discuss slow fashion documentary Woman Grows Jeans with Labour Behind the Label's Policy Lead, Anna Bryher.

I can't wait to watch this inspiring film with you in celebration of Sustainable Fashion Week!

Check out the trailer below for more on what to expect
https://youtu.be/GIBk2k0Geek?si=FUh1ajGgEWur3QQq

"A powerful story of perseverance, interconnectedness, and most importantly, hope. Justine's achievement of growing the UK's first fully local pair of jeans sketches out a map for where the textile ecosystem must go if we want any chance of a liveable future. And it's a joyful future too!”

– Malú Colorín, Fibreshed Ireland.

Tickets: £9 standard, £7 reduced.
Includes a free drink and light snack.
Buy yours here: https://hdfst.uk/e156580

17/09/2026

Two weeks today (Thurs 1 Oct, 5-8pm) we'll be gathering at the BS3 Community Café (at the Southville Centre) to see how many of items of clothing we can repair in 3 hours!

We'd love to see you there - all levels welcome. There will be support on hand from experienced repairers, plus tools, materials, friendly faces, good chat, and excellent snacks to fuel our work from Kate's Kitchen.

Tickets are £8, which includes refreshments.

Find out more and reserve your spot here: https://hdfst.uk/e158867

This event is part of the Bristol Bedminster Hub for Sustainable Fashion Week programme, in partnership with BS3 Community Development – just one of many hubs across Bristol and the UK. See the full programme at https://www.asinglethread.org

15/09/2026

Our first Fix Club back at Windmill Hill Community Centre after the summer break is coming up this Monday 21 Sep from 7:30pm in the bar area.

Got clothes you've been meaning to fix? Come and join us - materials, tools, guidance, good chat, tea and biscuits will be on hand to get your autumn clothes ready to wear again.

Find out more and get a ticket:
https://events.humanitix.com/september-fix-club-windmill-hill-26

11/09/2026

St Peter's Hospice have loads to get involved with during Sustainable Fashion Week across Bristol 💚

Looking forward to having them with us at the BS3 Slow Fashion Fest on Sunday 27 September!

04/09/2026

Which of our Sustainable Fashion Week events best suits your style? ✅Take our quick quiz to find out...

And find lots more details and ticket links here: https://www.makingmends.org/seamful/sustainable-fashion-week-2026

09/06/2026

🪡 Join us for our last Fix Club, before we pause until September, at BS3 Community Development Southville Centre Café on Thursday 18 June from 18:30. More details and tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/june-26-fix-club-southville

Bring your repair pile and sewing kit if you have one - or just use our things!

Everyone is welcome to join our friendly community clothes repair sessions - share your skills or learn from others.

Hope to see you there!