The trend of sewing bars, repair and creation spaces as well as places of conviviality

Open six days a week in the city center of Auch (Gers), a bar like no other is always full. Here, we come to whip, cut and weave ties for seven euros an hour, advice from the boss included. Clients can come unexpectedly, with or without a project to carry out. “I find it’s much less intimidating than a sewing class because the place is welcoming and what’s nice is that we all interact with each other. “, testifies Constance Macé, a client.

The boys do it too

The sewing machines are self-service, but Pauline Delbaere, the manager, is never far away to help with their handling. “Me, I learned to sew in a sewing bar in Lille and that’s really what I liked when I went there: the meeting with people and then the exchanges but not only on sewing”, confides the owner of this sewing bar. Contrary to popular belief, young boys are also beginning to take an interest in it.