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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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 […]
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 […]
What’s On 3-9th March
Start the week with a social Meeting for the E17 Art Trail on Monday 3rd March 7-9pm: if you are interested in exhibiting at the 2014 Art Trail these events are designed for you. A one off special for International Women’s Day on Thursday with Significant Seams: Suffragette Sash making party from 7-9, info […]
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 […]
SOFT exhibition runs until 14 July
SOFT craft exhibition is on display @The Mill until 14 July Some really amazing pieces have been submitted for this exhibition – Walthamstow has some exceedingly talented and creative craft artists! There is a chance to meet the artists on Thursday 21 June between 6 – 9pm The exhibition was put on after The Mill’s […]
Sewing for the extremely lazy!
Saturday 23 June 10 – 2pm – Now is your chance to make your own stuff…in a lazy sort of way…. You are encouraged to bring your own sewing machine. Don’t have one? Don’t worry! there will be one you can use there. Over four hours this course will look at how to use your […]