The Needlecraft Fair UK diary of craft fairs and needlework events in the UK for the month from 15 May.
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| Date | Location | County | Organisers Number |
|---|---|---|---|
| April | |||
| 26 Apr - 24 May | Introduction to Patchwork and Quilting course (3 Saturdays) Adastra Hall, Hassocks |
Sussex | 01444 230152 |
| May | |||
| 2 - 30 | Art Show Oxford Town Hall, St Aldate's, Oxford |
Oxfordshire | 01865 371188 |
| 16 | Introduction to Silver Clay Burton Manor, Neston |
Cheshire | 07961 883115 |
| 16 | Making Mosaics course 45 West Road, Saffron Walden |
Essex | 01799 500192 |
| 16 - 18 | Millinery Course: Make Sinamay & Crin Cocktail Creations (Feather Fascinators) Farncombe Estate Adult Learning Centre, Broadway |
Worcestershire | 0845 230 8590 |
| 16 - 18 | Craft and Gift Marquee at The Southern Motorcaravan Show Newbury Showground |
Berkshire | 0114 287 9671 |
| 16 - 18 | The Craft & Design Experience Fawley Court, Henley on Thames |
Oxfordshire | 01622 747325 |
| 17 | Country Crafts Fair Thirsk Farmers Auction Mart |
North Yorkshire | 01609 761609 |
| 17 | Craft Fair Hope Centre, Hillfields, Coventry |
Warwickshire | 024 7623 8329 |
| 17 | Jail House Art The Old Gaol, Buckingham |
Buckinghamshire | |
| 17 | Introduction to Silver Clay Burton Manor, Neston |
Cheshire | 07961 883115 |
| 17 | Rag Rug Workshop: An Adventure into Hooky and Proddy, Farncombe Estate Adult Learning Centre, Broadway |
Worcestershire | 0845 230 8590 |
| 17 | Spring Craft Fair Commemoration Hall, High Street, Huntingdon |
Cambridgeshire | 01582 598442 |
| 17 | Craft Workshop Unicorn Studios, 4 The Almshouses, Parklands, Great Linford, Milton Keynes |
Buckinghamshire | 07966 282405 |
| 17 | Small farm animals: sheep and pigs Weald and Downland Open Air Museum, Singleton, Chichester |
Sussex | 01243 811464 |
| 17 | Making Mosaics course 45 West Road, Saffron Walden |
Essex | 01799 500192 |
| 17 | Sampler course Lorne Hill Farm, School Lane, East Garston near Hungerford |
Berkshire | |
| 17 | Beginners Jewellery Workshop Parmoor House, Cheltenham |
Gloucestershire | 07710 542496 |
| 17 - 18 | Fencing techniques for smallholders Weald and Downland Open Air Museum, Singleton, Chichester |
Sussex | 01243 811464 |
| 17 - 18 | Dowsing & Archaeology course Assington Mill, Assington near Sudbury |
Suffolk | 01787 229955 |
| 17 - 18 | Spring Craft and Gift Fair Rufford Country Park, Ollerton near Newark |
Nottinghamshire | 0114 287 9671 |
| 17 - 18 | Arts and Crafts Fair Pateley Bridge Memorial Hall |
North Yorkshire | 01423 527697 |
| 17 - 18 | Gift and Craft Fair The Kings Hall, Beacon Hill, Herne Bay |
Kent | 01843 823307 |
| 18 | Introduction to Silver Clay Burton Manor, Neston |
Cheshire | 07961 883115 |
| 18 | Spring Fair Corfe Castle Village Hall, Corfe Castle, Wareham |
Dorset | 01929 480418 |
| 18 | Craft Fair Memorial Hall, Shrivenham |
Oxfordshire | 07771 967633 |
| 18 | Arts & Craft Fair The Town Hall, Ripley near Harrogate |
North Yorkshire | 01423 545377 |
| 18 | Real Craft Fair Woburn Village Hall |
Bedfordshire | 01525 630562 |
| 18 | Chinese Brush Painting Course Farncombe Estate Adult Learning Centre, Broadway |
Worcestershire | 0845 230 8590 |
| 18 | Monthly Craft and Gift Fair Pitstone Memorial Hall, Pitstone LU7 9EY |
Bedfordshire | 01296 662363 |
| 19 | Spinning - An Introduction to the Wheel Weald and Downland Open Air Museum, Singleton, Chichester |
Sussex | 01243 811464 |
| 19 | Gate hanging Weald and Downland Open Air Museum, Singleton, Chichester |
Sussex | 01243 811464 |
| 21 | The Craft Market Pavilions Shopping Centre, Uxbridge |
Middlesex | 01480 456008 |
| 21 | Day walks with a sketchbook - Upwaltham Church Weald and Downland Open Air Museum, Singleton, Chichester |
Sussex | 01243 811464 |
| 21 | The 16th century dairy Weald and Downland Open Air Museum, Singleton, Chichester |
Sussex | 01243 811464 |
| 21 | Pastels for Beginners Art day Case Restaurant with Rooms, Assington |
Suffolk | 01787 376705 |
| 22 | Introduction to Silver Clay Walkington, Beverley |
East Yorkshire | 07961 883115 |
| 22 | Intermediate Jewellery Workshop Parmoor House, Cheltenham |
Gloucestershire | 07710 542496 |
| 23 | Introduction to Silver Clay Walkington, Beverley |
East Yorkshire | 07961 883115 |
| 23 | Bees for beginners Weald and Downland Open Air Museum, Singleton, Chichester |
Sussex | 01243 811464 |
| 23 - 24 | Craft Fair The Maltings Hall, Staithe Street, Wells-next-the-sea |
Norfolk | 07717 187270 |
| 23 - 26 | Craft and Gift Marquee at Caravan Club National Rally Holkham Hall |
Norfolk | 0114 287 9671 |
| 24 | Food for free Weald and Downland Open Air Museum, Singleton, Chichester |
Sussex | 01243 811464 |
| 24 | Badgers course Assington Mill, Assington near Sudbury |
Suffolk | 01787 229955 |
| 24 | The South Stamp Show Charmandean Centre, Forest Road (A24), Worthing |
Sussex | 01737 789977 |
| 24 | Felting for Fun Weald and Downland Open Air Museum, Singleton, Chichester |
Sussex | 01243 811464 |
| 24 | Willow for the garden Weald and Downland Open Air Museum, Singleton, Chichester |
Sussex | 01243 811464 |
| 24 | Shaping & Decorating Fabric Using Tucks, Pleats, Darts & Texture Day 2 Hope House (3rd floor), 45-51 Woodhouse Road, North Finchley N12 9ET |
London | 020 8446 5555 |
| 24 | Arts and Crafts Fair Wetherby Town Hall |
North Yorkshire | 01423 527697 |
| 24 | Introduction to Silver Clay Walkington, Beverley |
East Yorkshire | 07961 883115 |
| 24 - 26 | Craft Fair Hawes Market Hall, Market Place, Hawes, DL8 3QN |
North Yorkshire | 01302 370988 |
| 24 - 26 | Craft and Gift Fair National Coal Mining Museum, Overton near Wakefield |
West Yorkshire | 01924 377694 |
| 24 - 26 | Craft & Gift Fair Gawsworth Hall, Macclesfield |
Cheshire | 01744 750606 |
| 24 - 26 | Surrey Steam Craft and Country Show Hook Road Arena, Epsom |
Surrey | 01223 306655 |
| 24 - 26 | Craft Fair Tissington Village Hall near Ashbourne |
Derbyshire | 07854 426735 |
| 25 | Cheshire Bead Fair Nantwich Civic Hall |
Cheshire | 07729 732398 |
| 25 | Art, Craft & Gift Fair The Exmouth Pavilion, The Esplanade, Exmouth |
Devon | 01395 263495 |
| 25 | Local Products and Produce Market Beechenhurst Lodge |
Gloucestershire | 01594 823573 |
| 25 | Semi-Tutored Figurative Art Workshop Old Town, Swindon |
Wiltshire | 01793 485150 |
| 25 | Local Crafts St Mary's Hall, Stowmarket |
Suffolk | 07936 683239 |
| 25 | Craft Fair Portpatrick Village Hall |
Wigtownshire | 01465 831076 |
| 25 - 26 | Bridlington Arts Festival Prince Street, Bridlington |
East Yorkshire | 01262 670082 |
| 25 - 26 | Arts and Crafts Fair Masham Town Hall |
North Yorkshire | 01423 527697 |
| 26 | Craft Fayre Cleeve House, Trowbridge Road, Seend |
Wiltshire | 01380 827129 |
| 26 | Cleeve House Craft Fayre Cleeve House, Seend near Melksham |
Wiltshire | 01225 709796 |
| 26 | Craft Fair CANCELLED Kippford |
Kirkcudbrightshire | 01931 716096 |
| 26 | Carnival Courtyard Hall, No 8, Pershore |
Worcestershire | 01386 750475 |
| 27 | Fingerprint Jewellery using Art Clay Silver Berkshire |
Berkshire | 0118 983 1071 |
| 27 - 29 | Water Colour for Beginners Short Break Case Restaurant with Rooms, Assington |
Suffolk | 01787 376705 |
| 28 | The Craft Market Pavilions Shopping Centre, Uxbridge |
Middlesex | 01480 456008 |
| 28 | Sherri Haab's Resin Bracelet Berkshire |
Berkshire | 0118 983 1071 |
| 28 - 29 | Craft & Gift Marque within the Staffordshire County Show Staffordshire County Showground |
Staffordshire | 01744 750606 |
| 30 | Jewellery Making workshop - Advanced Walkington, Beverley |
East Yorkshire | 07961 883115 |
| 30 - 31 | Craft Fair CANCELLED Keswick |
Cumberland | 01931 716096 |
| 30 May - 1 Jun | Watercolour Painting Holiday for Beginners Farncombe Estate Adult Learning Centre, Broadway |
Worcestershire | 0845 230 8590 |
| 30 May - 1 Jun | Live Crafts Show & Surrey Country Food Fair Loseley House, Compton near Guildford |
Surrey | 01895 820202 |
| 31 | Arts & Craft Fair Witham Hall, Barnard Castle |
Durham | 01423 545377 |
| 31 | Craft Fair YMCA, St Johns Street, Porthcawl |
Glamorgan | 01656 659401 |
| 31 | Crystal Tips Walkington, Beverley |
East Yorkshire | 07961 883115 |
| 31 | Kaleidoscope Quilt Workshop Adastra Hall, Keymer Road, Hassocks |
Sussex | 01444 230152 |
| 31 | Craft Fair Walker Hall, Troon |
Ayrshire | 01292 886720 |
| 31 | Portobello May Craft Fair Portobello Town Hall, 147 - 149 Portobello High Street, Edinburgh |
Midlothian | 07908 182508 |
| 31 May - 1 Jun | Craft Fair Hawes Market Hall, Market Place, Hawes, DL8 3QN |
North Yorkshire | 01302 370988 |
| 31 May - 1 Jun | Craft Fair Woodstock Town Hall |
Oxfordshire | 01993 773091 |
| 31 May - 1 Jun | Craft, Gift and Fine Foods Marquee at Bedford International Kite Festival Russell Park, Bedford |
Bedfordshire | 0114 287 9671 |
| 31 May - 1 Jun | Craft Village at BSJA Regional Finals UNEX Towerlands, Braintree |
Essex | 01223 306655 |
| 31 May - 1 Jun | Bewl Water Craft & Gardening Show Bewl Water, Kent/Sussex Border |
Kent | 01934 522256 |
| June | |||
| 1 | Arts & Craft Fair Preston Hall, Yarm near Stockton |
North Yorkshire | 01423 545377 |
| 1 | Mini Craft Fair Botanic Gardens, Glasgow |
Lanarkshire | 01698 360338 |
| 1 | Craft and Gift Fair Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa |
Warwickshire | 01788 553230 |
| 1 | Craft Fair Ellesmere Port Masonic Hall |
Cheshire | 01925 235166 |
| 1 | Craft and Collectors Fayre Bridlington Community Resource Centre, 4-6 Victoria Road, Bridlington |
East Yorkshire | 01262 670082 |
| 2 | Creative Drawing for Beginners Case Restaurant with Rooms, Assington |
Suffolk | 01787 376705 |
| 2 | Drunkard's Path Workshop Adastra Hall, Keymer Road, Hassocks |
Sussex | 01444 230152 |
| 3 | Tudor salads and vegetables Weald and Downland Open Air Museum, Singleton, Chichester |
Sussex | 01243 811464 |
| 3 | Sherri Haab's Resin Bracelet Berkshire |
Berkshire | 0118 983 1071 |
| 3 | Painting a Picture with a Needle and Thread (Embroidery) Day 1 Hope House (3rd floor), 45-51 Woodhouse Road, North Finchley N12 9ET |
London | 020 8446 5555 |
| 4 | Arts & Craft Fair The Golden Lion Hotel, Northallerton |
North Yorkshire | 01423 545377 |
| 4 | The Craft Market Pavilions Shopping Centre, Uxbridge |
Middlesex | 01480 456008 |
| 6 | Beginners Tiara Making Stitch 'n' Craft, Shaftsbury |
Dorset | 07961 883115 |
| 6 - 8 | Beginners watercolours Weald and Downland Open Air Museum, Singleton, Chichester |
Sussex | 01243 811464 |
| 6 - 8 | Botanical Art & Illustration: Drawing & Painting for Beginners Farncombe Estate Adult Learning Centre, Broadway |
Worcestershire | 0845 230 8590 |
| 7 | Further Tiara Making Stitch 'n' Craft, Shaftsbury |
Dorset | 07961 883115 |
| 7 | Stitch & Quilt Textile Course: Town and Country Wall Hangings Farncombe Estate Adult Learning Centre, Broadway |
Worcestershire | 0845 230 8590 |
| 7 | Arts & Craft Fair Christ Church, Ilkley |
West Yorkshire | 01423 545377 |
| 7 | Silver Wrist Torque Casting workshop Weald and Downland Open Air Museum, Singleton, Chichester |
Sussex | 01243 811464 |
| 7 | Calligraphy Day Course: In Colour Farncombe Estate Adult Learning Centre, Broadway |
Worcestershire | 0845 230 8590 |
| 7 | Arts & Craft Fair The Town Hall, Stokesley |
North Yorkshire | 01423 545377 |
| 7 | Craft Fair Stow on the Wold |
Gloucestershire | 01934 522256 |
| 7 | Father's Day Gift & Craft Fair Chapeltown 82nd Scout Hall, Burncross Road, Chapeltown, Sheffield |
South Yorkshire | 07981 602119 |
| 7 | Gifts & Treats Fair Langdale Hall, Witney |
Oxfordshire | 01993 703627 |
| 7 | Summer Craft & Gift Fair South Woodham Ferrers Village Hall, Hullbridge Road, South Woodham Ferrers |
Essex | 07809 550231 |
| 7 | Create a felt cushion panel - workshop Baptist Church, Ilkley |
West Yorkshire | 07745 160090 |
| 7 | Craft Workshop Unicorn Studios, 4 The Almshouses, Parklands, Great Linford, Milton Keynes |
Buckinghamshire | 07966 282405 |
| 7 | Craft and Gift Fair Chipping Barnet Library, Stapylton Road, Barnet |
Middlesex | 01992 760256 |
| 7 | Denes Quilters Exhibition Bowerhill Village Hall, Halifax Road, Bowerhill, Melksham |
Wiltshire | 01225 709796 |
| 7 - 8 | Craft and Gift Marquee at Whitwell Steam and Country Fayre St Pauls Walden near Hitchin |
Hertfordshire | 0114 287 9671 |
| 7 - 8 | Castle Ashby Craft and Country Show Castle Ashby |
Northamptonshire | 01223 306655 |
| 7 - 8 | Craft, Gift and Fine Foods Marquee at Wales and Borders Country Fair Usk near Monmouth |
Monmouthshire | 0114 287 9671 |
| 8 | Fun Day and Craft Fair Meadows Sport Ground, Countesthorpe |
Leicestershire | 0116 286 5729 |
| 8 | Bronze socket axe workshop Weald and Downland Open Air Museum, Singleton, Chichester |
Sussex | 01243 811464 |
| 8 | Springwatch Stanmer Park, Brighton |
Sussex | 01273 818731 |
| 8 | Craft Fair Victoria Institute, Caton, LA2 9QT |
Lancashire | 01524 382952 |
| 8 - 13 | Canvaswork Embroidery Retreat Muncaster Castle, Ravenglass |
Cumberland | 01946 724764 |
| 10 | Shaping & Decorating Fabric Using Tucks, Pleats, Darts & Texture Day 2 Hope House (3rd floor), 45-51 Woodhouse Road, North Finchley N12 9ET |
London | 020 8446 5555 |
| 10 | Intermediate Water Colour Case Restaurant with Rooms, Assington |
Suffolk | 01787 376705 |
| 11 | The Craft Market Pavilions Shopping Centre, Uxbridge |
Middlesex | 01480 456008 |
| 11 | Basics of Art Clay Berkshire |
Berkshire | 0118 983 1071 |
| 13 | Rag Rugging - a Traditional Textile Form Weald and Downland Open Air Museum, Singleton, Chichester |
Sussex | 01243 811464 |
| 13 | Jewellery Making workshop for beginners Walkington, Beverley |
East Yorkshire | 07961 883115 |
| 13 - 14 | Craft Fair CANCELLED Keswick |
Cumberland | 01931 716096 |
| 13 - 14 | Craft Fair The Maltings Hall, Staithe Street, Wells-next-the-sea |
Norfolk | 07717 187270 |
| 13 - 15 | Craft & Gift Fair Dobbies Garden World, Clifton near Preston |
Lancashire | 01744 750606 |
| 13 - 15 | Life Drawing & Painting Course Farncombe Estate Adult Learning Centre, Broadway |
Worcestershire | 0845 230 8590 |
| 13 - 15 | Pastels for Pleasure: Painting and Drawing Course Farncombe Estate Adult Learning Centre, Broadway |
Worcestershire | 0845 230 8590 |
| 14 | Village Hall, Bushley | Gloucestershire | 01386 750475 |
| 14 | Summer Flowers Day Course: Summer Feast Farncombe Estate Adult Learning Centre, Broadway |
Worcestershire | 0845 230 8590 |
| 14 | Sudoku Quilt Workshop Adastra Hall, Keymer Road, Hassocks |
Sussex | 01444 230152 |
| 14 | Felt Bag Workshop Weald and Downland Open Air Museum, Singleton, Chichester |
Sussex | 01243 811464 |
| 14 | Image Transfer Jewellery Berkshire |
Berkshire | 0118 983 1071 |
| 14 | Jail House Art The Old Gaol, Buckingham |
Buckinghamshire | |
| 14 | 15th Century - Herbs in the Medieval Manor Weald and Downland Open Air Museum, Singleton, Chichester |
Sussex | 01243 811464 |
| 14 | Jewellery Making workshop for beginners Walkington, Beverley |
East Yorkshire | 07961 883115 |
| 14 | Arts & Craft Fair Witham Hall, Barnard Castle |
Durham | 01423 545377 |
| 14 | Arts & Craft Fair The Milton Rooms, Malton |
North Yorkshire | 01423 545377 |
| 14 - 15 | Craft and Gift Marquee at Stapleford Steam Fayre Stapleford Park near Melton Mowbray |
Leicestershire | 0114 287 9671 |
| 14 - 15 | Craft Fair Tissington Village Hall near Ashbourne |
Derbyshire | 07854 426735 |
| 14 - 15 | The Weald Show Weald Country Park, Brentwood |
Essex | 01277 261343 |
| 14 - 15 | The Cambridge Town and Country Show Parkers Piece, Cambridge |
Cambridgeshire | 01223 306655 |
| 14 - 15 | Margate's Big Event Palm Bay, Cliftonville, Margate |
Kent | 01268 490504 |
| 14 - 15 | Craft Fair Hawes |
North Yorkshire | 07832 233669 |
| 14 - 15 | Arts and Crafts Fair Pateley Bridge Memorial Hall |
North Yorkshire | 01423 527697 |
| 14 - 15 | Craft and Gift Marquee at Weston Park Model Air Show Weston Park |
Staffordshire | 0114 287 9671 |
| 15 | Felsham Playing Field Fun Day Felsham |
Suffolk | 01449 736021 |
| 15 | Real Craft Fair Woburn Village Hall |
Bedfordshire | 01525 630562 |
| 15 | Late Spring Craft Fair Hanger One, Sywell Aerodrome near Northampton |
Northamptonshire | 07969 983092 |
| 15 | Arts & Craft Fair The Town Hall, Ripley near Harrogate |
North Yorkshire | 01423 545377 |
| 15 | Art, Craft & Gift Fair The Exmouth Pavilion, The Esplanade, Exmouth |
Devon | 01395 263495 |
| 15 | Arts and Crafts for Summer Jubilee Hall, Heighington near Lincoln LN4 1JS |
Lincolnshire | 01522 794693 |
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