A Worcester charity has announced a series of costume design workshops.

Remade Worcester will be hosting the workshops for adults and children aged eight and above, which will culminate in a live fashion show at The Pod in Crowngate next February.

The workshops, named Fantasia Fashion, will guide participants through the process of creating a costume over two Wednesday sessions for each age group.

No prior experience is necessary to take part.

The workshops will begin with the over-18s on December 4 and 11.

The younger age groups will have their sessions in January.

Participants will have access to the store's extensive range of reclaimed materials and sewing machines.

The workshops are free for 8 to 11-year-olds and 12 to 17-year-olds, while adults will be charged £15 per week in December.

A small fixed charge will be made towards the costs of the costume materials.

The charity has suggested that imaginative entries might include outfits inspired by fairytale characters, wizards, superheroes, mythology, and cosplay.

All entrants will take to a Crowngate catwalk on Saturday, February 8.

The workshops will be delivered by Brenda Killigrew, founder of the Inkberrow Design Centre, and a team of helpers.

Beth Parmenter, the charity's shop manager, said: "Brenda is a City and Guilds tutor in creative textiles, with plenty of experience helping new learners take their design ideas from sketchbook to catwalk.

"We are very lucky to have her as a trustee of Remade Worcester and creative director of our Fashion Fantasia."

Ms Parmenter explained that the charity's shop in Friary Walk, Crowngate, attracts a wide range of amateur and artisan craftspeople.

She said: "As well as dressmakers, upholsterers and fashion students, Remade's regulars include steam punk enthusiasts, drag artists and historical reenactors."

"We promote a circular economy, saving quality textiles from landfill for reuse.

"Choosing reclaimed materials and remnants rather than buying new each time can take more skill and imagination than buying the latest colours and patterns but the results will be unique to you, more cost-effective and unique, as well as kinder to the planet."

For more information contact Remade Worcester.