[1] After she graduated Dring lived in Teddington and undertook freelance illustration work and also created designs for needlework and embroidery pieces.
[1][2] At the Royal College, Dring was among the first students to take the newly created course in poster design and this led to her submitting a number of poster designs to London Transport during the 1930s.
[3][4] In 1940 Dring created a series of billboard posters for the Youth Hostels Association after which she appears to have concentrated on textile designs.
[5] From 1942 to 1945 textile pieces by Dring were included in British Council exhibitions in the United States.
[1] For the 1951 Festival of Britain she designed and assembled the 100 panel Patchwork of the Century.