Important information- After a challenging 2025 Jessica is currently taking a break from House of Heyday in order to breathe, reboot, work on new projects behind the scenes and relocate. For these reasons 2026 is a fallow year, we are not currently taking any bookings. However you are welcome to get in touch for enquiries about 2027 and beyond. Follow @houseofheydayjessica on Instgram for live updates, and thank you for your understanding.

House of Heyday is brought to you by Jessica Aldred- designer, embroiderer and artist. Jessica is a graduate of the Royal School of Needlework and CEO at Purple Patch Arts. She co-authored a book called ‘Adventures in Needlework’, has taught internationally and has worked on many public and private commissions. Most notably she was a member of the team who created the embroidery for the wedding dress and veil for the (current!) Princess of Wales and she worked on embroidery projects for the King’s coronation. She also demonstrated embroidery to the late HRH Her Majesty The Queen and taught at the V&A Museum as part of their exhibition ‘Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up’.

Jessica has spent her career helping people through the arts. She believes in magic and the power of creativity to support wellbeing, mental health, peace, learning and growth. Through her work at Purple Patch Arts Jessica oversees Lifelong Learning Programmes and Projects across Yorkshire providing life-changing creative learning opportunities to learning-disabled adults. Through House of Heyday she leads traditional hand embroidery classes and art and embroidery workshops which are designed to aid and support wellbeing. She also delivers talks and presentations at events and to community groups.

Thank you for dropping by and please do get in touch, we would love to hear from you!