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MUSEUM NEWS 2019

THINGS OF THRIFT AND BEAUTY

This years August Exhibition pays Homage to the Welsh Quilt 

We have added a number of quilts to the display this year, although Personally I love the 

Whole Cloth Quilts the best as they show most clearly the textural pattern of the stitching so typical 

and individual to Wales. None the less we have tried to add one of each kind in order to show the 

different methods of quiltmaking found throughout Wales.

Many of the quilts on display this year demonstrate so perfectly the Welsh love for decoration and 

colour and that it is not always the finest quality quilts that possess the greatest charm as so many 

quilts even those made in the humblest of homes make up for what they lack in the availability of 

the finer cloths in their use of intricate stitchery.

This years exhibition will be followed by a set of Classes introducing the the methods of Patchwork 

and stitchery traditionally used in Welsh quilt making.

In the Gallery this year 

FIVE ARTISTS AND A POET

A selection of work from local Artists and Makers

with reflections and insights into the inspiration behind the work and materials used,

this year we concentrate on the use of Natural dyes & pigments used in Painting Textile Dying