++ Creative Residency ++

Tuesday 9 - Tuesday 16 June 2026

We’d love you to join us at Chateau Dumas for a week of creativity from 9-16 June 2026 when our lovely studio will be open to anyone wishing to pursue their own creative activity at their own pace.

With unlimited access to the studio and free use of a wide range of equipment, you’ll be at liberty to explore your chosen craft in a light, well-equipped and air-conditioned studio. From screens to sewing machines and hot glue guns to hat blocks – you can dip in and out of projects as the mood takes you. Explore the full A-Z List of Equipment below to discover what we have available for you to use.

Take time out from your creative project to lounge by the pool, relax in the shade with a novel from our library or sketch in the garden. A creative residency includes all the benefits of Chateau life from elegant accommodation and delicious food provided by our private chefs to 22 acres of gardens and a large salt water pool. Also included in the week is a trip to the atmospheric Sunday morning farmer’s market in nearby St Antonin.

We’d love you to join our creative residency. Unplug, relax and spend time with like-minded people in the beautiful and peaceful surroundings of Chateau Dumas.

* Screen printing
* Dressmaking
* Millinery
* Hand stitching
* Hand embroidery
* Machine embroidery
* Dyeing
* Paper crafts
* Block printing
* Mixed media projects
* Sketching
* Painting
* Weaving
* Quilting
* Knitting
The following equipment and materials are all available for your use free of charge.
TEXTILE CRAFTS
Aprons
Bobbins
Body Forms x 6 in various sizes
Brushes for painting
Cling film
Cloths and old towels
Cutting mats
Distilled water
Drawing pins
Dressforms
Drill – electric
Dye equipment - hotplate, saucepans, tongs, pegs, marbles, rubber bands, etc
Embroidery hoops
Eraser
Exposure unit for screen printing
Fabric (habotai silk, cotton, linen) available to buy by the metre
Felt pens
Glue - pva
Hot glue gun
Hotplate – electric and gas
Irons
Ironing board
Jet washer
Latex gloves
Lightbox
Lino cutting tools
Lining paper (for rough drawing)
Looms (tabletop) for weaving
Masks
Masking tape
Needles for hand sewing
Needles for sewing machines
Newsprint
Overlocker
Paper – freezer
Paper – tracing
Pins
Pliers
Pots – for mixing
Princess pleater
Printer/photocopier
Quilting rulers
Rulers
Scalpels
Scissors for paper
Scissors for fabric
Scissors for embroidery
Screens for screenprinting: 500mmx600mm 34/43 Polyester and 480x400mm 34/43 Polyester
Sewing machines: Bernina 1008S, Pfaff Passport, Janome New Home and Cooper Pro, Brother Innovis.
Free motion feet for Bernina, Pfaff and Janome
Spin dryer
Sewing accessories - various
Staple gun
Squeegees for screen printing - two sizes
Tailor’s chalk
Thimbles
Threads – regular
Threads – topstitch
Threads – quilting
Threads – embroidery
Toothbrushes (for mark making)
Viselene
MILLINERY
Cling film
Drawing pins
Hat blocks for millinery - a range. Additional vintage blocks available on request
Millinery needles
Sewing accessories - pins, measuring tapes, etc (see under textile)
Water spray

Essential information

Tuesday 9-16 June 2026

Prices:
- €2350-€2750 per person single occupancy
- €2100 per person twin occupancy (2 beds)
- €2000 non-participating partner

€700 deposit on booking
Balance due beg February 2026

Included
7-nights' accommodation, 7 breakfasts, 6 two-course lunches, 7 three-course dinners with wine. Unlimited tea and coffee. Excursion to Sunday morning market. Unlimited use of studio and equipment

Excluded
Airfares to France. Airport transfers. 1 lunch. Materials such as pigments, threads etc