Bugweeds Limited

Handicrafts & Chat
2026-05-28 18:30 - 20:30, 2026-06-04 18:30 - 20:30, 2026-06-11 18:30 - 20:30, 2026-06-18 18:30 - 20:30, 2026-06-25 18:30 - 20:30, 2026-07-02 18:30 - 20:30 (Europe/London) | Bugweed’s Limited, Bugweed's Limited, Unit 3, Marrtree Business Park, Stirling Road, York, North Yorkshire, YO30 4AB, United Kingdom
Join us at Bugweed’s every Thursday (including through the school holidays) from 6.30pm till 8.30pm for a guaranteed friendly welcome and ‘reet good cuppa’!
We have a whole range of handicrafts at this weekly group including knitting, crochet, hand sewing and tapestry to name a few!
This is a ticketed event and has a small charge attached. All attendees will receive 10% off all purchases on the evening as a thank you for supporting our shop and community!
If you would like to be part of our active WhatsApp group for Handicrafts & Chat, where we share ideas and crafting achievements, please get in touch and we can add you!
What shall I bring?

your project
a good sense of humour!!

Block of the Month
2026-05-30 10:30 - 15:00 | Bugweed’s Limited, Bugweed's Limited, Unit 3, Marrtree Business Park, Stirling Road, York, North Yorkshire, YO30 4AB, United Kingdom
Welcome to Helen’s very own ‘Smudge Block’ ! This one is very much tailored to our wonderful quilters at Bugweed’s as Helen has listened to your cries of frustration with half square triangles (HSTs) and has designed a block to help you master them.
Learn how to square up the blocks and how to efficiently make the HSTs without stitching along the bias edges. No more struggling to know what to do with HSTs and no more struggling to get them the same size, Helen is here to save the day!
Once you have mastered the basic block and techniques related to HSTs, go wild and repeat it to make a whole quilt!
This workshop is repeated in April so please DO NOT book on to both, places are limited!
Our Block Of The Month, BOTM, sessions are full of support and friendship and we welcome both newcomers and regulars. This is the only time this workshop will run this year.
What do you need to bring?

Fat quarters of contrasting fabrics (Please use 100% cotton as the finish is much better than a poly cotton)
Solid colour background fabrics
Fabric marking pen
matching thread
rotary cutter
Rotating cutting mat (not essential but useful – can be preordered from Bugweed’s)
Small squaring ruler (not essential but useful)
1/4” foot or capability to move needle on your machine to 1/4” (ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY)

What is included?

refreshments (please bring your own lunch)
tutoring
friendship!

Required sewing knowledge/experience
This workshop is suitable for improving beginners to quilting. You will need to be familiar with your machine and how to use it’s features such as winding and inserting the bobbin, threading up your machine and needle, changing the feet and needle and sewing a straight stitch. This session is not suitable for complete sewing machine beginners. You must have a 1/4″ foot or the ability to move your needle to the 1/4″ seam allowance. Please get in touch with Bugweed’s if you would like help in sourcing the supplies required.

Foundation Paper Piecing with a Moda Cake Mix
2026-06-02 10:30 - 2026-07-07 12:30 | Bugweed’s Limited, Bugweed's Limited, Unit 3, Marrtree Business Park, Stirling Road, York, North Yorkshire, YO30 4AB, United Kingdom
This is a 6 week workshop, with one session each week. If you cannot attend them all, please let us know and we will try and accommodate you as much as possible!
Always wanted to make an FPP quilt but didn’t know where to start? This friendly, hands-on 6-week course is the perfect introduction to FPP and quilting.

Using clever Moda Fabrics Cake Mix papers, you’ll learn how to create beautiful, accurate quilt blocks without complicated measuring or cutting. These pre-printed templates guide your stitching, making the process simple, relaxing, and surprisingly addictive!

Over six weeks, you’ll build your skills step-by-step in a supportive, social environment—perfect for beginners to FPP or anyone looking to refresh their sewing skills.

By the end of the course, you’ll have created your very own quilt top and gained the knowledge and confidence to finish your quilt at home.
Learn to make an FPP quilt with a Moda Cake Mix
Week 1 – Getting Started

Learn how Cake Mix papers work, how to pair fabrics, and sew your first blocks. You’ll leave with your first finished units and the confidence to keep going at home.

Week 2 – Building Your Blocks
Develop your accuracy and efficiency with chain piecing, trimming, and pressing techniques. We’ll help you refine your blocks and keep everything neat and consistent.

Week 3 – Layout & Design
Time to get creative! You’ll explore different layout options and learn how to arrange your blocks to create a balanced, eye-catching quilt design.

Week 4 – Constructing the Quilt Top
Sew your blocks into rows and learn how to match seams and points for a professional finish.

Week 5 – Finishing the Quilt Top
Bring everything together into a completed quilt top, with guidance on squaring up and preparing for the final stages.

Week 6 – Basting & Binding Basics
Learn how to create a quilt “sandwich” (top, batting, and backing), prepare binding, and attach it neatly with mitred corners—giving you all the skills needed to complete your quilt.

What do you need to bring?

Sewing machine
Enthusiasm
A notebook and pen

PLEASE NOTE, FABRIC AND MODA CAKE MIX PACKS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE COST AND CAN BE PURCHASED ON THE FIRST WEEK AT A DISCOUNTED RATE.
What is included?

Expert guidance and troubleshooting each week
A creative, social meet up each week.
Step-by-step tuition in a relaxed, friendly setting
one free ‘Space to Craft’ day at Bugweed’s usually costing £14
10% off all purchases in the shop for your quilt

Who Is This Course For?
Confident beginners looking to build skills.
About our tutor
Helene is not only an all round fabulous person but also a fabulous quilter! She has many years of teaching little people in school and so has the patience of a saint, which makes teaching quilting to us adults a breeze! Helene loves quilting with a passion and can be found at her beloved Bernina sewing machine on an evening and weekend. She is part of the Yorkshire Modern Quilters group and enjoys experimenting with colour and pattern in her quilts, bags and other hand made items. Helene is very understanding of people’s individual needs and ways of learning so if you have any worries, concerns or questions about the workshops please just ask.

Stitch@Starbucks
2026-06-02 13:00 - 15:00, 2026-06-09 13:00 - 15:00, 2026-06-16 13:00 - 15:00, 2026-06-23 13:00 - 15:00, 2026-06-30 13:00 - 15:00, 2026-07-07 13:00 - 15:00, 2026-07-14 13:00 - 15:00, 2026-07-21 13:00 - 15:00 and 7 more dates | Starbucks, Clifton Moor, Stirling Road, York, North Yorkshire, YO30 4TU, United Kingdom
Here at Bugweed’s we love a good chat, time for craft and a tasty cuppa! This weekly session brings you all three of those in one free group!
Join us at Clifton Moor Starbucks every Tuesday (including through the school holidays) from 1pm till 3pm for a guaranteed friendly welcome and discounted refreshments supplied by the lovely staff of Starbucks.
No need to book but if you would like to be part of our active WhatsApp group where we share yarn ideas and check how many people are coming, please get in touch and we can add you! Please note – this group is growing and space can be limited so if you can let us know if you would like to come, it does help!
What shall I bring?

your project
money for a drink if you would like one
a good sense of humour!!

Private Sewing Lesson
2026-06-03 10:30 - 12:30 | Bugweed’s Limited, Bugweed's Limited, Unit 3, Marrtree Business Park, Stirling Road, York, North Yorkshire, YO30 4AB, United Kingdom
Private Sewing Workshop
Do you have a project you are stuck on and need some guidance? Are you desperate to learn a new skill but feel as though you would learn more in a 1:1 session? Well this offering from Bugweed’s is for you!
Come and enjoy 2 hours of 1:1 tutoring time with an experienced sewing teacher. Let us know what you are wanting to focus on before the workshop so Debbie, our fantastic experienced sewing tutor, can prepare and make the most of your tutoring session.
Each session will be 2 hours in length and is limited to just one space. If you are wanting to come with a friend or relative and would like a workshop for both of you, please let us know and we can alter the booking for two.
What shall I bring?

your project
your sewing machine if you have one
a notebook and pen!

About our tutor
Debbie has taught textiles and art for many years at secondary school level and is expert in all things textiles, from stitching on machine and by hand as well as manipulating fabrics and materials. She is ready to help you through all the sewing challenges you may face so please give us some information on how you would like to use the session and we can help you make the most of it!

Zip it! Mastering Invisible Zips
2026-06-04 19:00 - 21:00 | Bugweed’s Limited, Bugweed's Limited, Unit 3, Marrtree Business Park, Stirling Road, York, North Yorkshire, YO30 4AB, United Kingdom
Welcome to the Skills Sessions of Bugweed’s Sewing School with Hannah. In this session you will become more proficient in sewing invisible or concealed zips. These can be a challenge for the best of sewists at the first time of sewing them but have faith, Hannah will share her hints and tips on handling these clever zips. There will be time to ask questions and lots of practicing your sewing skills.
Please note, this is a repeat of Part 2 of 2 zip workshops.
Required sewing knowledge and experience
A good basic knowledge of a sewing machine and be able to sew a straight stitch. Attendees need to be familiar with loading a bobbin, changing a needle and changing the foot on their sewing machine.
This session is not suitable for absolute beginners that haven’t got experience of using a sewing machine or sewing fabric together. Please see our Brilliant Beginners workshops for more help with starting using your sewing machine.
Fabric and tool requirements
Please bring your own sewing machine and supplies with you. You will need to have an invisible zipper foot, marking tools (preferably a heat erasable pen) and thread in 2 colours, contrasting thread to be used in the bobbin.
Everything else you will need will be provided for the workshop.

Yarn & Yap
2026-06-14 13:30 - 15:30, 2026-07-11 13:30 - 15:30 | Bugweed’s Limited, Bugweed's Limited, Unit 3, Marrtree Business Park, Stirling Road, York, North Yorkshire, YO30 4AB, United Kingdom
Welcome to a brand new social for Bugweed’s! This is exclusively for all those teens out there that knit and crochet and want to meet up with like minded yarners. Ellie and Lydia, our fabulous Saturday teen staff, have organised the perfect social for all teens keen to chat with others about all things yarn. Come on your own or come with a friend.
Crochet and knitting are a great way to switch off, connect with others and have some creative time to yourself. Enjoy meeting others who share a common interest and come and cash in on freebies and offers each week to boost your pattern, yarn and haberdashery stash!
There will also be our fantastic Bugweed’s shop staff around so if you have a technical question about a project you are working on we might be able to help you!
If you are aged 11 or above you are very welcome. Refreshments are available at no extra cost and all attendees will receive 10% off all purchases on the afternoon as a thank you for supporting our shop and community! We will be running this social once a month so please spread the word and come and create!
This is a ticketed event and has a small charge attached.
If you have any questions about this event, please contact us!
What shall I bring?

your project
any projects you might be stuck on
a smile and some yap!

Block of the Month
2026-07-25 10:30 - 15:00 | Bugweed’s Limited, Bugweed's Limited, Unit 3, Marrtree Business Park, Stirling Road, York, North Yorkshire, YO30 4AB, United Kingdom
Welcome to a whole day mastering the kaleidoscope block! This is a simple Foundation Paper Piecing (FPP) project designed for you to develop more accuracy in piecing. The focus of this workshop is not just FPP but also about experimenting with colours in your background pieces to create more interest and contrast. With Helen as your guide, this is the prefect chance to play with colour and pattern in fabrics.
The panel that you will make is perfect for a little wall hanging or mini quilt. It could also be used for a cushion front.
This workshop is also in June so please DO NOT book on to both, places are limited!
Our Block Of The Month, BOTM, sessions are full of support and friendship and we welcome both newcomers and regulars.
What do you need to bring?

4 or 5 Fat quarters in complementary colours
4 Fat quarters of different low volume designs for the background colour background fabrics
thread
rotary cutter
ruler
1/4” foot or capability to move needle on your machine to 1/4” (ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY)
Please use 100% cotton as the finish is much better than a poly cotton

What is included?

FPP papers
refreshments (please bring your own lunch)
tutoring
friendship!

Required sewing knowledge/experience
This workshop is suitable for improving beginners to quilting. You will need to be familiar with your machine and how to use it’s features such as winding and inserting the bobbin, threading up your machine and needle, changing the feet and needle and sewing a straight stitch. This session is not suitable for complete sewing machine beginners. You must have a 1/4″ foot or the ability to move your needle to the 1/4″ seam allowance. Please get in touch with Bugweed’s if you would like help in sourcing the supplies required.

I wish I could quilt! Beginners Quilting Workshop
2026-08-06 18:00 - 2026-09-03 21:00 | Bugweed’s Limited, Bugweed's Limited, Unit 3, Marrtree Business Park, Stirling Road, York, North Yorkshire, YO30 4AB, United Kingdom
This is a 5 week workshop, with one session each week. If you cannot attend them all, please let us know and we will try and accommodate you as much as possible!
Welcome to our Beginners Quilting workshop with Helene. If you have looked at beautiful quilts and thought how lovely it would be if you could make them too then this is your chance to learn. Helene will slowly guide you through all aspects of quilting, from choosing colours and patterns to binding and finishing your quilt off. This is not a learning to quilt race, it is a relaxed quilting stroll! You even get a free “Space to Craft’ session at Bugweed’s for 6 hours, usually costing £14 which means you can come and spend time consolidating your learning and take some will earned ‘me time’!
I wish I could quilt!
This course has previously run over 6 weeks, but we’ve now condensed it into 5 sessions while extending some of the class times. This means you’ll still receive the same amount of teaching time overall.
Each week there will be different a focus for learning and slowly but surely your quilt, skills and confidence will bloom!
Week 1 6.00pm – 9.00pm
Fabric choices, layout of colours, piecing squares in pairs and then rows.
Week 2 6.30pm – 8.30pm
Organising your rows and sewing them together to create your quilt top. Begin thinking about binding choices, make binding.
Week 3 6.30pm – 8.30pm
Adding borders, choosing a backing fabric and basting your quilt layers with 505 spray.
Week 4 6.30pm – 8.30pm
Quilting using straight lines 1/4in from the ditch or diagonal lines.
Week 5 6.00pm – 9.00pm
Hand sewing the binding down, finishing your quilt, and even having time to add a personalised label.
What do you need to bring?

Sewing machine
Enthusiasm
A notebook and pen

What is included?

5 fat quarters of quilting cotton
batting (wadding) for your quilt
thread
one free ‘Space to Craft’ day at Bugweed’s usually costing £14
10% off all purchases in the shop for your quilt

Required sewing knowledge/experience
This workshop is suitable for beginners to quilting. You will need to be familiar with your machine and how to use it’s basic features such as winding and inserting the bobbin, threading up your machine and needle, changing the feet and needle and sewing a straight stitch. This session is not suitable for complete sewing machine beginners however, you do not need to have any experience of quilting.
About our tutor
Helene is not only an all round fabulous person but also a fabulous quilter! She has many years of teaching little people in school and so has the patience of a saint, which makes teaching quilting to us adults a breeze! Helene loves quilting with a passion and can be found at her beloved Bernina sewing machine on an evening and weekend. She is part of the Yorkshire Modern Quilters group and enjoys experimenting with colour and pattern in her quilts, bags and other hand made items. Helene is very understanding of people’s individual needs and ways of learning so if you have any worries, concerns or questions about the workshops please just ask.

Christmas Quilted Table Runner
2026-09-08 10:30 - 2026-09-29 12:30 | Bugweed’s Limited, Bugweed's Limited, Unit 3, Marrtree Business Park, Stirling Road, York, North Yorkshire, YO30 4AB, United Kingdom
This is a 4 week quilting journey, with one session each week. If you cannot attend them all, please let us know and we will try and accommodate you as much as possible!
Christmas Tree & Santa Table Runner
Get ready for the holidays with this festive Christmas Tree & Santa Table Runner! In this fun four-week class, students will create a charming seasonal table runner featuring pieced Christmas trees and an adorable Santa motif.

This project is perfect for quilters who want to practice both patchwork piecing and raw-edge appliqué. The trees are constructed with simple piecing techniques, while Santa is created using fusible appliqué for a quick and easy finish. Choose a variety of prints for a scrappy, whimsical look, or solids for a clean, modern style.

By the end of the class, you’ll have a finished festive holiday runner ready to decorate your table or gift to someone special. Finished quilt size: 13” × 50”.
What do you need to bring?

60cm white solid OR assorted white-on-white scraps
Assorted green prints for 8 trees: 8 scraps at least 5¼” × 10” (15cm x 25cm)
Brown scrap: 4” × 6” (11cm x 16cm)
1m backing fabric
30cm binding fabric
Black fabric marker
Matching thread for Santa appliqué

What is included?

Scraps for Santa: red, skin tone, pink, black, gold, and white texture
Batting: 18” × 58” (46cm x 147cm)
12cm lightweight paper-backed fusible web
Paper template pieces
Glue pens
Needles
10% off all purchases in the shop for your piece

Required sewing knowledge/experience
This course is designed for the advanced beginner. If you have any questions about the level of skill required, please ask!
About our tutor
Helene is not only an all round fabulous person but also a fabulous quilter! She has many years of teaching little people in school and so has the patience of a saint, which makes teaching quilting to us adults a breeze! Helene loves quilting with a passion and can be found at her beloved Bernina sewing machine on an evening and weekend. She is part of the Yorkshire Modern Quilters group and enjoys experimenting with colour and pattern in her quilts, bags and other hand made items. Helene is very understanding of people’s individual needs and ways of learning so if you have any worries, concerns or questions about the workshops please just ask.
