Bloom Together - Jiggling Jellyfish!
2025-07-31 10:30 - 13:00 (Europe/London) | Bugweed’s Limited, Bugweed's Limited, Unit 3, Marrtree Business Park, Stirling Road, York, North Yorkshire, YO30 4AB, United Kingdom
Our summer holiday workshops are all about creativity through textiles and media and are aimed at children and adults developing their skills in a range of skills and more importantly a chance to create and develop a love of being free to create.
Join Debbie on this child and adult workshop to create a jellyfish mobile from organdy. This useful fabric is a lightweight, sheer cotton which holds its shape well making it perfect for textile sculpture.
Add decoration using haberdashery such as ribbons and beads and let your creativity loose on trimmings to make your jellyfish really stand out!
All materials are included in the price so just come with your enthusiasm! There will be a short break in the workshop with refreshments.
We are a neurodivergent friendly studio and understand that some people need more breaks than others. If you or your child requires workshop adjustments please get in touch and let us know. We are more than happy to accommodate a range of needs.
Please note, this workshop is for children over 8 years old. We welcome up to 2 children with each adult.
Please book the same amount of tickets as jellyfish that are to be made ie an adult and a child each making a jellyfish will book 2 tickets, a child making a jellyfish with their adult accompanying them for support will book 1 ticket.

Bloom Together - Embroidery in 3d
2025-08-04 13:00 - 15:30
Our summer holiday workshops are all about creativity through textiles and media and are aimed at children and adults developing their skills in a range of areas and more importantly a chance to create and develop a love of being free to create.
Join Debbie on this teen (12+) or adult workshop to create 3d flora and forna sculptures using embroidery and solufleece. Solufleece is a wash-away interfacing used create a structure on which to decorate. Once rinsed, only the decoration is left and the interfacing has disappeared! This is often used in textiles art and is a great way to bring your sewing ideas into the 3d world!
This workshop will be a sewing machine based session. Machines can be provided but we encourage you to bring your own – it’s a great way to learn on them!
What will I need to bring?

sewing machine that you can drop the feed-dogs on (Please get in touch if you need help with this!)
an open toe embroidery foot/ free motion embroidery foot
creativity and enthusiasm!

All materials are included in the price! There will be a short break in the workshop with refreshments.
We are a neurodivergent friendly studio and understand that some people need more breaks than others. If you or your teen requires workshop adjustments please get in touch and let us know. We are more than happy to accommodate a range of needs.
Please note, this workshop is for individuals over 12 years old. We also welcome teens who would prefer to have their adult with them. Only book a place for those who are creating sculptures.

Embracing Creativity: Photographs on Fabric
2025-08-05 19:00 - 21:00
Come to Bugweed’s and enjoy embracing your creative side!
Have you been intrigued by photos on fabric? Are you thinking about how to include a photo in a piece of textile art or on a memory item? Well this workshop is definitely for you!
Debbie will lead you through the process from your photo printed on Rico Creative Fabric to embellishing it with collage, embroidery and other such techniques. This is your chance to make something really fun to cherish or even give as a gift to a loved one.
All materials are included in the cost of the workshop – the Creative Paper is £5 per sheet and is also included! Bring your sewing machine if you would like to use some of the stitches that your machine provides.
You will need to send us your photo which we can then prepare for printing. It will be printed before the workshop for you but the process will be demonstrated on the evening. This will help you maximise the workshop time for embellishment and creativity! Please get in touch after booking your place on info@bugweedslimited.co.uk and we will get back to you about the photo requirements.
You will need to bring

your sewing machine if needed
any specific embellishments that you are wanting to use
your creativity!

You will achieve

using photos in a new way on fabric
learning different embellishment techniques
exploring your creativity through mindful sewing and art

This workshop is aimed at all creatives aged 16 and over who are looking to enhance their skills in textiles and art. This is a perfect workshop for those individuals who are starting a textiles or art qualification in September.

Bloom Together - Felt, Beads & Ladybirds
2025-08-06 10:30 - 12:30
Our summer holiday workshops are all about creativity through textiles and media and are aimed at children and adults developing their skills in a range of areas and more importantly a chance to create and develop a love of being free to create.
Join Debbie on this child (8+) and adult workshop to create a very cute felt ladybird broach using beads to embellish it. This whole project will be hand sewn so no machine needed and no experience needed! We encourage children of any age from 8+ to come along with their adult. You can either both sew one or work on the same one!
If you are a beginner to sewing, whether adult or child, Debbie will guide you through this project and demonstrate some simple stitches along the way. You will leave with a beautifully completed ladybird broach with enough fabric in your goody bag to go home and make another one! Yes! That’s buy one ticket, get a goody bag free!!
All materials and a goody bag are included in the price! There will be a short break in the workshop with refreshments.
We are a neurodivergent friendly studio and understand that some people need more breaks than others. If you or your child requires any workshop adjustments please get in touch and let us know. We are more than happy to accommodate a range of needs.
Please note, this workshop is for individuals aged 8 and over. Up to 2 children are welcome with one adult. Please book a place for each person who is making a ladybird broach ie 2 children and 1 adult making a broach each (with 3 goody bags) please book 3 tickets, 1 child with an accompanying adult and only 1 broach being made please book 1 ticket.

Bloom Together - Houses in Hoops
2025-08-21 10:30 - 12:30
Our summer holiday workshops are all about creativity through textiles and media and are aimed at children and adults developing their skills in a range of areas and more importantly a chance to create and develop a love of being free to create.
Join Helene on this child (8+) and adult workshop to create a fabulous fabric house and garden scene presented in an embroidery hoop. You will both learn simple methods of appliqué using either a machine or hand sewing. Helene will also help you get to grips with fussy cutting fabric to make your textile art truly personalised.
There is no need to worry about experience, this is suitable for beginners to experts! Come along and enjoy using fabric scraps to make something beautiful, it’s a great way to recycle fabric in to something lovely!
All materials and hoop are included in the cost and there will be a short break in the workshop with refreshments.
We are a neurodivergent friendly studio and understand that some people need more breaks than others. If you or your child requires any workshop adjustments please get in touch and let us know. We are more than happy to accommodate a range of needs.
Please note, this workshop is for individuals aged 8 and over. Up to 2 children are welcome with one adult. Please book a place for each person who is making a house in a hoop ie 2 children and 1 adult making a hoop each, please book 3 tickets, 1 child with an accompanying adult and only 1 hoop being made please book 1 ticket.

Bloom Together - Spooky Wallhanging Workshop
2025-10-29 10:30 - 13:00
Join Helene on this child (8+) and adult workshop to create a creative spooky scene in an embroidery hoop ready to hang on your wall! You will both learn simple methods of appliqué using either a machine or hand sewing. Helene will also help you get to grips with fussy cutting fabric to make your textile art truly personalised.
There is no need to worry about experience, this is suitable for beginners to experts! Come along and enjoy using fabric scraps to make something fabulous, it’s a great way to recycle fabric in to something unique!
All materials and hoop are included in the cost and there will be a short break in the workshop with refreshments.
We are a neurodivergent friendly studio and understand that some people need more breaks than others. If you or your child requires any workshop adjustments please get in touch and let us know. We are more than happy to accommodate a range of needs.
Please note, this workshop is for individuals aged 8 and over. Up to 2 children are welcome with one adult. Please book a place for each person who is making a house in a hoop ie 2 children and 1 adult making a hoop each, please book 3 tickets, 1 child with an accompanying adult and only 1 hoop being made please book 1 ticket.
If you are attending the Halloween Pumpkin Flower Workshop, you will get a free adult ticket to this workshop. Please get in touch if this applies to you!
