Embroidery Insect Workshop with Cathy Plummer

Learn how to embroider a bee, ladybird or beetle using naturally dyed threads, using just a few stitch techniques. Use an embroidery as a patch on clothing or to hide a clothing stain or tear.

Join Cathy Plummer as she shares her embroidery and mending skills in this workshop as part of Everyone Needs Pocket's Fashion Reclaimed Make and Mend Day.

• Aimed at people aged 13 years + (anyone under 16 years needs to have the permission of their parent completed on booking)
• Aimed at anyone from beginners up, but you need to have basic sewings skills eg, can thread a needle, and do a simple stitch
• If you want to embroider directly onto an article of clothing or textile, please bring it with you.
• The Town Hall is fully accessible (lift to first floor) with accessible toilets.
• Please contact us with any questions

Cathy Plummer lives in Frome, where she runs a small business working with hand dyed fabrics. She uses natural food waste and plants to dye my materials. Cathy is a retired art teacher and has a passion for sewing and embroidery, and runs courses in natural dyeing, making lake pigments for textile painting and sewing. Cathy is part of the network Everyone Needs Pockets.

This session is part of Fashion Reclaimed - Make and Mend Day

Join us for a day of reclaiming our clothes and fabrics in Frome through repair, reuse, remaking and refashioning as part of Sustainable Fashion Week hosted by Everyone Needs Pockets. We are the Frome Hub for SFW 2025.

An event for all ages with drop in activities and bookable workshops.

This is a family friendly event, and we welcome participating children accompanied by a responsible adult / parent. Frome Town Hall is fully accessible (via a lift) for wheeled users.

Please book your free tickets to come either in the morning or the afternoon.

Morning session: 10.30am to 12.30pm

Afternoon session: 1.30pm to 3.30pm

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Drop in / access any of these free activities running through the day:

Rope making with Sanne Visser Studio

Make a beautiful rope using scrap fabric on an amazing portable rope maker 2.0 with artist and designer Sanne Visser.

Community weaving on the giant loom

The joy of weaving with your hands. Get stuck in to ripping up scraps of fabric from the waste mountain, and add your bit to the collective work and watch the loom come to life.

Clothes repair and upcycling help desk

Clothes repair is as much about planning and inspiration as it is the practical work. Have a chat, get other menders' thoughts and advice. Join a bookable workshop (see below) if you want a practical session too.

Oh darn it! - Have a go at darning a sock

Dig in to the basket of socks and have a go at darning with a step by step guide. Kids can have a go too, but must be supervised by a responsible adult (due to needles).

A haberdashery, fabric and (textile related) book sale - donations go to support the work we do at Everyone Needs Pockets and at our future events. We'll be accepting both cash and card on the day!

A tea / coffee / cake space for socialising

Inspiring displays and information about reclaiming fashion, and what we can do in Frome.

Come along and connect with others to take action on reclaiming your clothes and textiles - reduce waste, lift creativity, save carbon and landfill and increase wellbeing.

Everyone Needs Pockets is a mycelium of people and projects reimagining a responsible, inclusive and sustainable clothing and textile industry. We are weaving together a new neighbourhood-scale clothing and textile culture to nurture and restore the health of our community and the planet. Everyone Needs Pockets is a growing network of 200+ makers, designers, stitchers, knitters, sustainable fashion fans and researchers based in Frome.

There's a warm and friendly welcome!

Everyone Needs Pockets is currently supported by Edventure's Future Shed. Future Shed is part of Green & Healthy Frome, a partnership programme of Edventure Frome, Frome Medical Practice and Frome Town Council taking action on health and climate, funded by the National Lottery’s Climate Action Fund.