Includes garments, accessories and other items in any fibre, using any technique.  Dolls’ clothes may be displayed on a doll if you with; the doll will not be judged.

Includes dressmaking, tailoring, millinery, baby and children’s wear.

Excludes embellishments for commercial garments – enter in the Textiles section.

Includes pictorial (2D), objects (3D) nuno felt, needle felt, wearable items.

Excludes work made from commercially made felt – enter in the Other Crafts section.

Includes traditional leaded stained glass, “Tiffany-style” stained glass, kilnformed glass, painted and fired glass, engraved glass, simulated “stained glass”, individual lampwork items such as beads.

Excludes jewellery made from lampwork – enter in the Jewellery section.

Jewellery made using any technique and any material(s).   Includes any form of jewellery made using beadwork (please state if the beads were made by the exhibitor).

Excludes beadwork that is not jewellery – please enter in the Other Crafts section.

Includes baby and children’s wear, adult garments, any other knitted items, knitted lace.

Dolls clothes’ may be displayed on a doll if you wish; the doll will not be judged.

Attach the maker’s label of the yarn, or state the ply of the wool used.

State whether a machine has been used.

Includes all bobbin laces, tatting, needle lace and any other lace-making techniques.

Please state which techniques have been used.

Includes work with resins, 3D printing, laser cutting, use of acrylic and perspex, friendly plastic and digital art.

Please state which software has been used where relevant.

Includes hand embroidery, machine embroidery, cross stitch, counted thread work, canvas work, plastic canvas work.

Embroidered pictures must have a secure method of hanging.

Includes patchwork in any form, including applique and English Paper Pieced.

Includes hand, machine or long-arm quilting.

Includes wall hangings, bags, 3D items and clothing.

For all wall hung items the size in centimetres….needs rewording!

Quilts and wall hangings must have a 10cm minimum (depth??)sleeve attached on the reverse for hanging, unless the piece includes an integral hanging system.  

Includes porcelain, stoneware (fired above 1200°), earthenware (fired below 1200°), cast ware, raku ware.

Work must contain at least 95% recycled material.

Includes skein of handspun yarn (skein to be at least 25 metres) and items made from handspun yarn.

For items made from handspun yarn, include a sample of the original fibre and state the spinning technique used.

Includes batik / shibori / resist / tie and dye, painting / printing on silk, silk-screen printing, block printing, painting / printing with embroidery, encaustic printing, garment embellishments, hand-dyed yarns and articles made from these, silk flowers, cord knotting and macramé.

Excludes soft furnishings using predominantly patchwork, appliqué or quilting techniques – enter in the Patchwork & Quilting section.

Includes Dorset buttons (individual buttons, sets of buttons or buttons used in a creative way)), bonnets, smocks and any item using Dorset featherstitch.

Includes corn dollies and straw work.

Includes handwoven cloth and items incorporating handwoven fabric as a major part of the item, woven braid (min 30cm length) and items incorporating this, handwoven rugs, wall hangings and tapestries.

Please attach a label stating the type of yanr used, the weave structure and the sett of cloth (epi/epcm).

Includes any article of wood, using any woodworking technique, using seasoned or unseasoned / green wood.

We welcome all types of craft work, whether or not there is a specific section listed.

If your craft is not covered by another section, then this is the section for you.

Please attach a label to your work giving information about the craft techniques involved and materials used.