By Beverley Harknett Do you have an interest in the creative use of textiles and materials? If so the latest exhibition at The Mill is a must for true fans of the fabric. I went along to view this artistic and ambitious show of skill and imagination. Extremely colourful and full of great flair, I found […]
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FollowProject Runway – fashion design day camp for 14-19 year olds
31 July- 4 August 2017 2 – 4:00pm For 14-19 year olds Free – booking essential A catwalk show to display a variety of seasonal outfits, designed during the week-long camp. Young people will learn fashion design and creation techniques. Bring some old clothes that you wouldn’t mind re-vamping, however we will have samples there! […]
Fabrications – community exhibition
4 July – 16 September 2017 FREE Fabrications is an exhibition exploring the possibility of using textile materials – and other more unconventional – in every imaginative, amazing and traditional way possible. In memory of the prodigious soft sculptor Harriet Hammel. Fabrications: Meet the Artists 8 July, 11 am – 2pm. Come and meet the […]
The Tuesday Sociable Sewing Group Returns
Starting Tuesday 6 September 2016 10am – 1pm on alternate Tuesdays £1 donation + small costs for materials Do you love sewing or want to learn? The sewing bee has arrived at The Mill! The Tuesday Sociable Sewing Group is a fun fortnightly group for sewers of all ages and abilities, staring on 6 September […]
Tuesday Sociable Sewing Group starting 19 April 2016
Alternate Tuesdays 10am to 1pm Starting Tuesday 19 April 2016 £1 donation + small costs for materials Bring your sewing projects to The Mill and sew along in company with others. All sewing projects welcome: patchwork, mending, darning. Come and learn a new sewing skill, have fun with a new fabric project or come to […]
BB Collective- Creative Life Skills Saturday 26th April 12-4pm
‘The BB collective are a group of creatives including graphic artists, photographers, fashion and architectural students from the University of East London who believe passionately in bringing life skills to the community. This event is to help the community to regain skills of making and mending which have been lost over time. The event will […]
Significant Seams Suffragette Sash making party:Thursday 6th March 7-9
Suffragette Sash making party: Purple symbolised dignity White represented purity Green indicated hope The colours of a suffragette’s sash and rosette were significant. Come make sashes with us in one of a series of parties in the run up to International Women’s Day 2014, from 7-9pm
Enjoy something Softer at the Mill:
The Softer craft exhibition is on display @The Mill from 4 July- 11 August, with a Meet the Artists evening on July 4. Celebrating all things soft, pieces include handmade felt, knitted stained glass, quilts, collage and more. Tues – Thurs 10 – 7pm Fri, Sat 1- 6pm Sun 11 – 2pm Admission: free
E17 Designers “Summer at The Mill” July 14th
Chill at the Mill while buying from your friendly, local designers at the fashionable St James’ Street end of Walthamstow Market. Raffle tickets will be on sale, with all proceeds going to the Mill community space – win an E17 Designers’ Goody Bag or two! The Mill Cake Bakers will also be there with scrumptious […]
SOFT exhibition – last chance to visit
This week is the last opportunity to visit The Mill’s much acclaimed SOFT exhibition, which ends on July 14. June 21 saw the launch of SOFT, an exhibition at the Mill which is a collaboration between Catherine West of Significant Seams and The Mill. SOFT is a display of tactile art and an effort to […]