Fabrications Exhibition Review

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 […]

Project 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]