Sew wonderful! Volunteers plan to help up-cycle clothes

From front, Drop-In Centre and Opp Shop volunteers Sande Bamford, Sandra Farrell and Marie Regazzoli on the sewing machines at the Sanctuary Park Church of Christ Op Shop.

Nambour’s Sanctuary Park Church of Christ Op Shop volunteers are opening a Repair Cafe where the public can come and mend or make garments using sewing machines free. 

“This has come about in response to the publicity we received last year about learn to sew classes,” said volunteer Sande Bamford. “So many sewing machines were donated that we just had to do something positive! All we did was ay we were going to offer free learn to sew classes and then we had an avalanche of donated machines.

“What was the computer room has now become the Repair Cafe. People can bring the things they need to repair and use the machine for free. Later we plan to do workshops in upcycling second-hand clothing into something different and useful. It’s amazing what can be done with a sewing machine and some imagination.” 

The Opp shop is part of the Sanctuary Park Church of Christ Op Shop at 22 National Park Road. The Opp Shop will be reopening in July with the Repair Cafe planned for September. Enquiries to Sande at bamfordsbest1@gmail.com