Even when there’s no big festival happening, there’s often lots of textile events happening across Kirklees.

Introduction and Playing with Natural Dyes (Kirkburton)

Highburton Village Hall Northfield Lane, Kirkburton, Huddersfield, United Kingdom

Join your Kirkburton artists Nicola and Seiko for introduction to working with natural dyes. As part of our Growing Colour Together Project!

Free

Dye Plant Seed Swap (Kirkburton)

All Hallows Church Huddersfield Road, Kirkburton, Huddersfield, United Kingdom

Calling call Kirkburton colour gardens! Come along and swap your natural dye plant seeds and meet others planning their dye gardens!

Free

Stencil Printing Using Indigo

Bagshaw Museum Wilton Park, Batley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Learn how to create paper stencils that can be used with indigo pigment paste to create prints on fabric and paper.

£20

Spring Seed and Plant Swap

Birkby and Fartown Library Lea Street, Hillhouse, Huddersfield, United Kingdom

Join us for a natural dye plant and seed swap as part of our Growing Colour Together project.

Free

STRUT: Family Creative Workshop

Dewsbury Town Hall Wakefield Old Road, Dewsbury, United Kingdom

We’re planning a community catwalk to celebrate fashion and identity! Join this free, family friendly workshop to create your own accessories to wear on the catwalk.

Free

Beyond the Basics of Natural Dyeing (Kirkburton)

Cliffe House 140 Lane Head Road, Shepley, United Kingdom

Join your Kirkburton artist Nicola for an introduction to working with natural dyes. As part of our Growing Colour Together Project!

Free
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Planting a Dye Garden Workshop

Growing Works Wakefield Road, Huddersfield, United Kingdom

Join us for a growing workshop facilitated by Growing Works in Huddersfield. As part of the Growing Colour Together project.

Free

Hapa Zome Workshop and Green Prescribing

All Hallows Church Huddersfield Road, Kirkburton, Huddersfield, United Kingdom

Join artist Charlie Hill for a textile workshop on Hapa Zome and Green Prescribing as part of the Growing Colour Together Project.

Free

Mission to Mend – Hand Sewing Workshop

Drop By Community Centre 12 Sycamore Court, Longwood, Huddersfield, United Kingdom

Join us at one of our free community workshops in Golcar, where a skilled workshop practitioner will be...

Dewsbury Town Centre Planting Workshop

Outside Greggs, Foundry Street Foundry Street, Dewsbury, United Kingdom

Come and help us make a dye garden in Dewsbury town centre before the WOVEN 2023 festival starts!

STRUT: Fashion + Music + Identity

Dewsbury Town Hall Wakefield Old Road, Dewsbury, United Kingdom

Communities from across Kirklees will STRUT their stuff on the catwalk celebrating identity through fashion. Plus pop-up skate park, live music & creative activities.

Birkby & Fartown Celebration Garden Party

Birkby and Fartown Library Lea Street, Hillhouse, Huddersfield, United Kingdom

An afternoon in the garden, honouring the deep roots of textile heritage and local growing spaces in our area

Know Your Town – how the industrial revolution shaped the North!

Tolson Museum Ravensknowle Park, Wakefield Rd,, Moldgreen, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

A talk that paints a picture of textile heritage through the lens of the industrial revolution, with Professor Abigail Harrison Moore and Nicola Redmore.

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OXFAM Batley: Teacher Tour

Oxfam Batley Hub Mill Forest Way, Grange Road, Batley, United Kingdom

Teachers working in Kirklees are invited to a 1 hour tour of OXFAM’s Northern Logistics Centre in Batley

Quilted: Community, Creativity and Care – Huddersfield

Huddersfield Art Gallery: Unit 7 Unit 7, Piazza Shopping Centre, Princess Alexandra Walk, Huddersfield, United Kingdom

An exhibition of quilts at Huddersfield Art Gallery in the Piazza Shopping Centre, and at the Bagshaw Museum, Batley.

Quilted: Community, Creativity and Care – Batley

Bagshaw Museum Wilton Park, Batley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

An exhibition of quilts at Huddersfield Art Gallery in the Piazza Shopping Centre, and at the Bagshaw Museum, Batley.

Meltham: Mission to Mend

Meltham Parish Church Hall Greens End Road, Meltham, United Kingdom

Mission to Mend roadshows celebrate the importance of creative hand sewing for textile repair and the difference it can make in local communities.

Building Bridges with Knitting after WW2; plus Knit & Natter

Huddersfield Art Gallery: Unit 7 Unit 7, Piazza Shopping Centre, Princess Alexandra Walk, Huddersfield, United Kingdom

Hear how the Women's Cooperative Guild helped reconciliation between Britons and Germans in the aftermath of WW2 - and stay around afterwards to "knit & natter"

Night on the Knit 3

Huddersfield Art Gallery: Unit 7 Unit 7, Piazza Shopping Centre, Princess Alexandra Walk, Huddersfield, United Kingdom

The third Night on the Knit - journeys in the world of knit

Embroider a Few Words

Huddersfield Art Gallery: Unit 7 Unit 7, Piazza Shopping Centre, Princess Alexandra Walk, Huddersfield, United Kingdom

Join the ‘Give a Few Words’ team & textile artist Hayley Mills-Styles to stitch a few uplifting words and spread some cheer.

Embroider a Few Words

Huddersfield Art Gallery: Unit 7 Unit 7, Piazza Shopping Centre, Princess Alexandra Walk, Huddersfield, United Kingdom

Join the ‘Give a Few Words’ team & textile artist Hayley Mills-Styles to stitch a few uplifting words and spread some cheer.

Shisha Mirrors Embroidery Workshop

Huddersfield Art Gallery: Unit 7 Unit 7, Piazza Shopping Centre, Princess Alexandra Walk, Huddersfield, United Kingdom

Join textile artists Elnaz Yazdani and Iqra Rafiq to learn a range of South Asian embroidery techniques for applying small flat mirrors to fabrics.

Mirfield: Mission to Mend

Calderdale and Kirklees Recovery and Wellbeing College Pathways
, Nettleton Road
 
, Mirfield, United Kingdom

Mission to Mend roadshows celebrate the importance of creative hand sewing for textile repair and the difference it can make in local communities.

Heckmondwike: Mission to Mend

Green Park Westgate, Heckmondwike

Mission to Mend roadshows celebrate the importance of creative hand sewing for textile repair and the difference it can make in local communities.

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WOVEN Family Fun Day

Huddersfield Art Gallery: Unit 7 Unit 7, Piazza Shopping Centre, Princess Alexandra Walk, Huddersfield, United Kingdom

Bring all the family to have a go at being creative with textiles inspired by Quilted: Community, Creativity and Care, an exhibition that celebrates quilts, sewing and community.

Roving Lands

Crow Nest Park Heckmondwike Road, Dewsbury, United Kingdom

We are delighted to share with you our collaborative textile installation, Roving Lands, which will be taking over Crow Nest park Wildflower Garden for one day only.

Botanical: a Contemporary Approach to Natural Dyeing

All Hallows Church Huddersfield Road, Kirkburton, Huddersfield, United Kingdom

A celebration of natural dye, gardens and the contribution made by the communities of Kirkburton Parish. Textiles, music and connection.

Hookie Rug Workshop with Kath Shepherd

Huddersfield Art Gallery: Unit 7 Unit 7, Piazza Shopping Centre, Princess Alexandra Walk, Huddersfield, United Kingdom

Join artist Kathy Shepherd to try your hand at this traditional textile technique of Hookie Rug-making.

Study Day: Spotlight on the Textile Fabrics of India Archive

Huddersfield Art Gallery: Unit 7 Unit 7, Piazza Shopping Centre, Princess Alexandra Walk, Huddersfield, United Kingdom

Join Uthra Rajgopal, Independent Curator, Avalon Fotheringham, Curator of South Asian Textiles at the V&A, and archive staff from Huddersfield’s Heritage Quay to discuss the Textile Fabrics of India Archive held at the University of Huddersfield.

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OXFAM Batley: Teacher Tour

Oxfam Batley Hub Mill Forest Way, Grange Road, Batley, United Kingdom

Teachers working in Kirklees are invited to a 1 hour tour of OXFAM’s Northern Logistics Centre in Batley

Bundle Dyeing With Flowers

Birkby and Fartown Library Lea Street, Hillhouse, Huddersfield, United Kingdom

Come along and learn how to bundle dye using natural pigments from the Birkby and Fartown Library dye Garden. Use flowers to create colour on textiles, meet others and learn how to work with textiles.

Foraging Walk for Natural Dyes

St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy George Avenue, Birkby, Huddersfield

Join local textile artist Kayleigh Davis on a foraging walk for natural dye plants.

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WOVEN Family Fun Day

Huddersfield Art Gallery: Unit 7 Unit 7, Piazza Shopping Centre, Princess Alexandra Walk, Huddersfield, United Kingdom

Bring all the family to have a go at being creative with textiles inspired by Quilted: Community, Creativity and Care, an exhibition that celebrates quilts, sewing and community.

Golcar: Mission to Mend

Golcar Scout and Community Centre Manor Road, Golcar, Huddersfield, United Kingdom

Mission to Mend roadshows celebrate the importance of creative hand sewing for textile repair and the difference it can make in local communities.

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Every Child Challenge – Home Education Session

Huddersfield Art Gallery: Unit 7 Unit 7, Piazza Shopping Centre, Princess Alexandra Walk, Huddersfield, United Kingdom

Every child has the right to be creative and explore their textile talent. Join artist Kim Searle from Darn It Workshops in this textile based workshop exploring repair, embellishment and getting creative with textiles!

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Patterns from India

Huddersfield Art Gallery: Unit 7 Unit 7, Piazza Shopping Centre, Princess Alexandra Walk, Huddersfield, United Kingdom

This creative workshop will explore the Textile Fabrics of India Archive held at the University of Huddersfield offering you the opportunity to create your own response to these wonderful patterns.

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Growing Colour Together Symposium

Barbara Hepworth Building University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield, United Kingdom

Join us for our Growing Colour Together Symposium. We have presentations from artists, designers and researchers exploring Natural Dyes.

Every Family Stitch Challenge Day

Huddersfield Art Gallery: Unit 7 Unit 7, Piazza Shopping Centre, Princess Alexandra Walk, Huddersfield, United Kingdom

A drop in day where every child and adult gets to learn new textile skills. Led by artist Kim Searle, there will be a variety of creative techniques to get you started.

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Holmfirth: Mission to Mend

Crown Bottom Car Park (next to Holmfirth Co-op) 104 Market St, Holmfirth, United Kingdom

Mission to Mend roadshows celebrate the importance of creative hand sewing for textile repair and the difference it can make in local communities.

Dye Garden Tour

abitmoreink Dye Garden Marsh Hall Lane, Thurstonland, United Kingdom

Join local artist Isobel Denton @abitmoreink for a tour of her natural dye garden in Kirklees

Free

Dye Garden Tour

abitmoreink Dye Garden Marsh Hall Lane, Thurstonland, United Kingdom

Join local artist Isobel Denton @abitmoreink for a tour of her natural dye garden in Kirklees

Free

Dye Garden Tour

abitmoreink Dye Garden Marsh Hall Lane, Thurstonland, United Kingdom

Join local artist Isobel Denton @abitmoreink for a tour of her natural dye garden in Kirklees

Free