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  • Fabric Sale

    Digby Hall Hound Street, Sherborne

    Returning to Sherborne for one of their famous travelling fabric sales, Stitch Fabrics by M Rosenberg & son are back with a bang! Visit their website http://www.stitchfabrics.co.uk for more details […]

    Free

  • Fabric Sale

    Digby Hall Hound Street, Sherborne

    Returning to Sherborne for one of their famous travelling fabric sales, Stitch Fabrics by M Rosenberg & son are back with a bang! Visit their website http://www.stitchfabrics.co.uk for more details […]

    Free

  • Hanging Basket Workshops at Thorngrove

    Thorngrove Garden Centre, Gillingham Thorngrove Garden Centre, Gillingham, Dorset

    Back again for late Spring we’re hosting hanging basket workshops with Thorngrove expert Chris Francis! Create a beautiful hanging basket full of seasonal flowers and brighten up your home. Tickets […]

    £5

  • Play with Clay Workshop

    Winterborne Whitechurch Village Hall Dolway Lane, Winterborne Whitechurch, Blandford Forum

    Do you help to look after someone? Join Carer Support Dorset this Carers Week for free events to celebrate Dorset's unpaid carers. Come and have a go at making figures with clay. A fun introduction to working with clay and to portray the Queen. We will be using air dried clay, so you can take […]

    Free

  • Puppet Workshop

    Do you help to look after someone? Join Carer Support Dorset this Carers Week for free events to celebrate Dorset's unpaid carers. Come and make a puppet of the Queen, or one of her Corgis. Make your own moving mouth puppets head then add fabrics, yarn and embellishments to costume your character.

    Free

  • Intro to Linoprinting Workshop

    Gillingham Library Chantry Fields, Gillingham

    Do you help to look after someone? Join Carer Support Dorset this Carers Week for free events to celebrate Dorset's unpaid carers. A session on learning lino printmaking. All materials to be provided and you can take you prints home. Artist Tara Harland Vinney will show you how to cut into lino, print and enjoy […]

    Free

  • Intro to Linoprinting Workshop

    Gillingham Library Chantry Fields, Gillingham

    Do you help to look after someone? Join Carer Support Dorset this Carers Week for free events to celebrate Dorset's unpaid carers. A session on learning lino printmaking. All materials to be provided and you can take you prints home. Artist Tara Harland Vinney will show you how to cut into lino, print and enjoy […]

    Free

  • Child Okeford Village Arts Trail 2022

    The Child Okeford Art Trail is Back ! Bigger than Ever ! Friday 26th August - Monday 29th August 2022 11 - 4 pm 19 Artists, Sculptors, Jewellers, Textile Artists […]

    Free

  • Craft Fair & Afternoon Teas

    Sixpenny Handley Village Hall Common Road, Sixpenny Handley, Near Salisbury

    Our increasingly popular Craft Fairs with Afternoon Tea at Sixpenny Handley Village Hall continue on Saturday 27 August from 11.00 am to 2.00 pm. There will be various arts, crafts […]

    Free

  • b-side Festival

    St Georges Centre, Reforne, Easton Portland St Georges Centre, Reforne

    b-side is an internationally recognised and locally loved arts organisation that both embodies and enriches its place of origin – the Isle of Portland in Dorset. This year, b-side Festival […]

  • OPEN AFTERNOON with BLACKMORE VALE SCRIBES

    10TH SEPTEMBER, 2.30-4.30 at BRADFORD ABBAS VILLAGE HALL, near Sherborne. For our September meeting we invite you to join us, see us working on calligraphy projects and maybe have a go yourself! We welcome new members of any ability to our friendly group. Refreshments available.

    Free

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