About this Event
As part of Sustainable Fashion Week 2024 we're holding a ‘stash swap’ event where you can exchange or buy pre-loved fabrics, zips, yarns, buttons and trimmings, to inspire new projects or complete anything unfinished.
If you take home the same quantity or weight as you bring there will be no charge!
The full programme for Sustainable Fashion Week Crystal Palace is available on our Eventbrite page - stay updated on Instagram @sfwcrystalpalace
What to expect?
If you have leftover materials for sewing, knitting, crochet and mending that are in good condition but cluttering up your sewing or knitting box, please bring them to our event.
You can choose to drop them off or weigh them in exchange for a token that you can use to swap for the equivalent weight in new-to-you haberdashery that others no longern need.
You can also just buy things that you see and like - just like a regular market stall.
What happens at the end of the day?
If there's anything unclaimed at the end of the day, we'll be taking it to use at The Power of Repair drop-in session on Sunday 29th September. After that we'll be giving it to a local craft charity - nothing will go to waste.
Sustainable Fashion Week in Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace is one of 20 community hubs taking part in Sustainable Fashion Week 2024 (20-29 September), uniting the community in taking creative action, to change the fashion system from the bottom up.
Our neighbourhood is one of London’s best places for vintage shops and is home to lots of people who love second-hand, homemade, repurposed and mended clothes.
Local residents have joined together to create a truly community-led programme for Sustainable Fashion Week. Among us are grandmothers who knit and stitch, bespoke dressmakers, celebrated textile artists, hobbyists with creative flair, and South London’s hippest fashion influencers. With everything happening in and around ‘The Triangle’ of local streets, you’ll find great charity shops, vintage traders, gallery spaces, makers’ studios and rails of fashion finds.
Artwork credits
Emotional Waterfall: emotionalwaterfall.com // @emotionalwaterfallart
Stash Swap: Sustainable Fashion Week Crystal Palace // @sfwcrystalpalace
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Crystal Palace Food Market, Haynes Lane, London, United Kingdom
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