Fashion Reclaimed - Make and Mend Day with Everyone Needs Pockets

Fashion Reclaimed - Make and Mend Day

Join us for a day of reclaiming our clothes and fabrics in Frome through repair, reuse, remaking and refashioning as part of Sustainable Fashion Week hosted by Everyone Needs Pockets. We are the Frome Hub for SFW 2025.

An event for all ages with drop in activities and bookable workshops. This is a family friendly event, with children welcome accompanied by a responsible adult. Frome Town Hall is fully accessible (via a lift) for wheeled users.

Please book your free tickets to come either in the morning or the afternoon.

Morning session: 10.30am to 12.30pm

Afternoon session: 1.30pm to 3.30pm

Drop in / access any of these free activities running through the day:

Rope making with Sanne Visser Studio

Make a beautiful rope using scrap fabric on an amazing portable rope maker 2.0 with artist and designer Sanne Visser.

Community weaving on the giant loom

The joy of weaving with your hands. Get stuck in to ripping up scraps of fabric from the waste mountain, and add your bit to the collective work and watch the loom come to life.

Clothes repair and upcycling help desk

Clothes repair is as much about planning and inspiration as it is the practical work. Have a chat, get other menders' thoughts and advice. Join a bookable workshop (see below) if you want a practical session too.

Oh darn it! - Have a go at darning a sock

Dig in to the basket of socks and have a go at darning with a step by step guide. Kids can have a go too, but need to be supervised by a responsible adult (due to needles).

A haberdashery, fabric and (textile related) book sale - donations go to support the work we do at Everyone Needs Pockets and at our future events. We'll be accepting both cash and card on the day!

A tea / coffee / cake space (donations welcome) for socialising

Inspiring displays and information about reclaiming fashion, and what we can do in Frome.

Bookable workshops

with sliding scale of ticket prices with free spaces available for anyone who finds the cost prohibitive.

Morning

10.30am to 11.30am - Kids Scrap Studio - a hands on workshop where kids can dive into piles of fabric scraps, buttons, ribbons and more to dream up their own dress-up masterpieces. For ages 4 years+ with responsible adult.

10.30am to 12.30pm - How to Mend your Clothes - learn how to mend your clothes in this hands on session and be part of an inspiring session where you gain new skills and fix your clothes. For ages 8 years+ with responsible adult, Beginners.

Afternoon

1.30pm to 3.30pm - Embroidery Insect Workshop with Cathy Plummer. Learn how to embroider an insect using just a few stitch techniques. For ages 13 years+, with basic sewing skills.

1.30pm to 3.30pm - Upcycling Ideas for Textiles with Anna Fraenkel. Not sure what to do with clothes or textiles you have outgrown, damaged, worn out, don’t fit but loved? Bring them along to the workshop, where we will explore and exchange ideas and expertise. For ages 18 years+, moderate skill.

Come along and connect with others to take action on reclaiming your clothes and textiles - reduce waste, lift creativity, save carbon and landfill and increase wellbeing.

Everyone Needs Pockets is a mycelium of people and projects reimagining a responsible, inclusive and sustainable clothing and textile industry. We are weaving together a new neighbourhood-scale clothing and textile culture to nurture and restore the health of our community and the planet. Everyone Needs Pockets is a growing network of 200+ makers, designers, stitchers, knitters, sustainable fashion fans and researchers based in Frome.

There's a warm and friendly welcome!

Everyone Needs Pockets is currently supported by Edventure's Future Shed. Future Shed is part of Green & Healthy Frome, a partnership programme of Edventure Frome, Frome Medical Practice and Frome Town Council taking action on health and climate, funded by the National Lottery’s Climate Action Fund.