My favourite magazine is Selvedge and my favourite place is Ceredigion and I love wool, knitting and have a very serious weakness for old Welsh Quilts so when Selvedge organised an afternoon in the Welsh Quilt Centre in Lampeter I had to go.
The company was excellent, the quilts were astounding, the cakes were to die for and the Blodwen Goodie Bag was a very scented surprise.
Did you know that old quilts were filled with carded fleece and some very old quilts belonging to poor people still had quite a bit of the hedge and the sheep in with them. here are some pics of astonishing Paisley quilts.
If you ever get a chance to visit the gallery do take it, its small but houses a wonderful collection; its wise to ring first
stunning hand quilted close up
hand stitched stunner and gallery view
quilting papers left in give clues to history
imperfect perfection
touchy, feely quilt scraps
quilted skirt and shawls
