Free repair cafe – De Steek

Join the free Repa­ir Café and learn to repa­ir your own clothes!

Every Thur­sday in 2024 we will offer a free Repa­ir Cafe at our stu­dio! This means you can join for free, walk in wit­hin this time fra­me and bring items from your clo­set that need some repa­iring. We will teach you the­se repa­iring tec­h­niqu­es on both the sewing mac­hi­ne and by hand.
The­se free sessi­on are made possi­ble by the Dut­ch Muni­ci­pa­lity of Ams­ter­dam West and our main tar­get gro­up are people with a lower bud­get, alt­ho­ugh everyo­ne is wel­co­me to join!

Ope­ning Hours Free Repa­ir Café

Thur­sday > 4.00 – 8.00 PM

*We host the­se sessi­on every Thur­sday until the end of the year. The­re is no Repa­ir Cafe on Decem­ber 5 & Decem­ber 26.

How does it work?

Walk-in

You don’t have to regis­ter for the­se sessi­on and you can just walk-in betwe­en 4.00 and 8.00 PM. It’s also possi­ble to stay as long as you want, but we have to see how busy it will get. On busy eve­nin­gs we mig­ht have to shor­ten your stay to make spa­ce for other people as well.

Hig­hlig­h­ts

_​Learn the basics of repa­iring
_​Get an e‑book with the most impor­tant repa­iring tec­h­niqu­es
_​Apply the tec­h­niqu­es to your own gar­ments
_​Guidance by repa­iring experts
_​Get a free repa­iring kit with basic tools & thre­ad (whi­le sup­pli­es last)

What is included?

_​Machines & use of tools are inclu­ded in the lessons.
_​Haberdasheries, like zip­pers and but­tons, and fabric are par­tly inclu­ded. We have a small bud­get per eve­ning for this and we col­lect dona­ted mate­ri­als.
_​We have 10 repa­iring kits with thre­ad and tools ava­ila­ble to hand out for free every sessi­on (meant for tho­se who need it most).
_​There is guidan­ce of two fashi­on desig­ners ava­ila­ble every sessi­on to help you with the mac­hi­ne & teach you tec­h­niqu­es.
_​An E‑book with basic repa­iring tec­h­niqu­es is also provided.

We also have a lit­tle fabric sto­re at our stu­dio, so it is also possi­ble to pur­c­ha­se extra mate­ri­als here. Or we can give you tips in the lessons whe­re to go for extra mate­ri­als, if needed.