Hawkers Re-Creatives

09/05/2025

08/05/2025

We are getting excited for Defashion Dorset with just over a week to go! Tickets are available from www.hawkersfarm.org

27/03/2025

A very creative morning at Hawkers Farm, mending, repairing clothing and upcycling with lots of chatting and drinking tea in between.

Hawkers Re-Creatives runs every Thursday morning 10-12.30 everyone is welcome. Perfect if you have a pile of clothing needing repairs or would like to start a new sewing project. There is lots of help and advice available, along with sewing notions, needle felting for repairing jumpers, fabrics, and sewing machines. If you don’t have any stitching to bring along there are always repairs and upcycling projects on the go which help divert clothing from landfill.

26/02/2025

Following the success of The Red Dress and Sumbhali Sutra Exhibition in November, we are excited to announce that Kirstie Macleod will be running a World Embroidery Workshop at Hawkers Farm hosted by Defashion Dorset

Kirstie started the Red Dress Project in 2009 to help marginalised women share their stories through embroidery.

On Tue 1st April, 10-1pm you will have the opportunity to learn simple world embroidery stitches inspired by the diverse embroidery techniques displayed on the Red Dress, including a new stitch in Kirstie’s repertoire, Peruvian Punto Crespo also known as fuzzy stitch.

Join us at for a fun morning of stitching in company with tea, coffee and snacks provided, in our well equipped sewing barn.

The cost for this exciting workshop is £40 per person. Spaces are limited, to book a place email [email protected]

06/02/2025

Learn how retrofitting can improve our homes and community. Join us in Bridport for expert advice and practical insights!

23/01/2025

This month’s Vintage Fair & Repair Cafe on 9th February will be held in the ballroom at The Grosvenor Hotel Shaftesbury 10-3pm. With vintage and retro treasures, upcycled goodies and secondhand clothing. Bring along an item of clothing to mend at our friendly drop in repair Cafe or learn how to stitch a snowdrop.

Sunday 9th Feb sees the first day of the Shaftesbury Snowdrop Festival and there will be lots going on around town, so why not make a day of it!

15/01/2025

Join us tommorow at Hawkers Re-Creatives 10-12.30pm Do you have clothing that needs repairs, or would you like to start a sewing project? This is a small friendly group and founder Jennifer Morisetti is on hand with help and advice on your sewing project. If you don’t have anything to bring along there are always repairs and upcycling projects on the go which help divert clothing from landfill.

The group is held in a converted milking parlour at Hawkers Farm, Stour Provost. Which is also home to Wear Me Out a clothing lending library, and Second To None a collection of natural fibre secondhand clothes.

More info can be found at Hawkersfarm.org

29/11/2024

The Red Dress exhibition is in full swing and we have had lots of lovely visitors. The exhibition is on until 5th December to view the stunning dress and learn the stories behind it.

The Sambhali Panels are also on display.

15/11/2024

Not long now till The Red Dress and Sambhali Sutra are on display at Hawkers Farm with Defashion Dorset

Bringing together voices from around the world through stitch.
This exciting free exhibition will be on display at Hawkers farm, Stour Provost, Dorset November 29th - 5th December.
The Red dress is a 14 year award winning, global, collaborative embroidery project conceived by artist Kirstie Mcleod.
The garment provides an artistic platform for individuals around the World (predominantly women) many of whom are vulnerable and live in poverty, to tell their story through embroidery.

Alongside The Red Dress will be an exhibition of panels created by vulnerable women supported by the Sambhali Trust in Rajasthan in India. The women each produced a work telling their story and what it is to be a woman in India.
The empowerment of disadvantaged women and children in Rajasthan through the Sambhali Trust has been Govind Rathore's driving force for over 17 years, with a mission to break the cycle of poverty and dependence by providing under privileged communities with safe space and vocational training.
The exhibition is free, to find out more go to www.hawkersfarm.org

30/10/2024

Bringing together voices from around the world through stitch.

This exciting exhibition will be on display at Hawkers farm, Stour Provost, Dorset November 29th - 5th December.

The Red dress is a 14 year award winning, global, collaborative embroidery project conceived by artist Kirstie Mcleod.
The garment provides an artistic platform for individuals around the World (predominantly women) many of whom are vulnerable and live in poverty, to tell their story through embroidery.

The Red Dress has been exhibited in various galleries and museums world wide and we are excited that it will be on display in Dorset as part of it's global tour.

Alongside The Red Dress will be an exhibition of panels created by vulnerable women supported by the Sambhali Trust in Rajasthan in India. The women each produced a work telling their story and what it is to be a woman in India.

The empowerment of disadvantaged women and children in Rajasthan through the Sambhali Trust has been Govind Rathore's driving force for over 17 years, with a mission to break the cycle of poverty and dependence by providing under privileged communities with safe space and vocational training.

The exhibition is free, to find out more go to www.hawkersfarm.org

26/09/2024

Lots of mending, repairs and refashioning going on at Hawkers Farm this morning as part of Sustainable Fashion Week, if you missed it Defashion Dorset will be running an all day event on Saturday 28th September at newly renovated The Sherborne. Visible mending with Kate Clark, clothing repairs and a clothes swap with founder of Defashion Dorset Jenny Morisetti

Gather together garments for swapping and repairing and help keep clothes in circulation and out of landfill.

More info can be found www.thesherborne.uk/events

25/09/2024

Join us tomorrow 26th September at Hawkers Farm, Stour Provost for a Clothing Repair and Visible Mending Workshop as part of Sustainable Fashion Week.

The milking parlour is full of notions for sewing, mending and repurposing if you have a garment or 2 that needs a repair bring them along. You will learn skills to repair and mend garments- embroidery, visible mending and appliqué.

This is a free workshop that also runs weekly every Thursday morning 10-12.30pm

To book a place email [email protected]

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