Some of the quilts that we saw during our visit to St Fagans..
Thursday, 28 February 2019
Monday, 18 February 2019
BQSG meeting - Cardiff - St Fagans
At the end of October 2018, the British Quilt Study Group held its annual seminar at Cardiff, near to St Fagans National Museum of History.
Our hotel was adequate! and the nearest to St Fagans open air museum.
Some Welsh quilts are on display, in a new display area which focuses on crafts, livelihoods and making a living.
The glass causes reflections....
These buildings have been relocated from other places in Wales - a water mill -
The weaving shed, with the great spinning wheel. We had an interesting talk to the weaver. dyeing is done in the summer only, so that the dyed cloth can dry in the sun. Weaving is done throughout the year.
The working mans institute...
A building relocated from the border with Herefordshire...
A Unitarian church interior. The box pews were maintained by different families, hence the variations seen....
Gardens at St Fagans Castle, a grand house...
and the castle itself, a rather grand house that I did not have time to look around. I had to quickly walk back to the main building where we were having display of quilts and other items from the collections. I have long wanted to go to St Fagans and the Museum of Wales, so I am glad that I at last had the oppertunity to go there with BQSG.
Wednesday, 6 February 2019
St Fagans Miners Cottages
Rhyd-Y-Car Terrace
Possibly the most iconic buildings to be seen at St Fagans is this row of miners' cottages. These were built about 1800, in Merthyr Tydfil. It was then the largest town in Wales, and the world leader in iron production - a boom town. The houses were built by an iron master to house his workers.
These cottages were better quality than many in Merthyr. Built of stone, they were one up and one down, with a small extension to the back. A small circular stairs led upstairs to a small room. By 1891 the houses were considered outdated, but people were reluctant to leave. In 1935 the local authoirty condemned the terrace. Finally in 1979 a flood brought the terrace to a sad end. They were dismantled and moved to St Fagans in 1982-83. The cottages have been refurnished in a variety of different periods.
1985
Garden allotments
1805
Wednesday, 28 November 2018
More Hawaiian Quilts
As you know, I really enjoy working on these large pieces of applique. I still have one in the frame, that I must start work on again - it was forgotten about, during the heat of this summer.
I also have others in the pipe line -
This is a pattern called Carnation - it is a wide dark pink backing material on a mid pink Kona cotton background.
Here is Kuuipo - it is about 2/3 done. There is still the reverse applique of the hearts to do, I decided to leave those until last.
...and finally, what I did with the jelly rolls that I bought at FOQ. This Spiral Quilt pattern by Crafty Quilter was published in one of the quilting magazines. I changed the black background for a Kona colour called Ocean Blue, which I think is more attractive. The pattern looked deceptively simple - however, the jelly roll strips were pinked and it took a while to discover where the seam line should lie. With this pattern, precision is very important - so my machine piecing did improve as I went along. So, the first blocks were not as good as the last ones! A 4 inch border was added after this photo was taken, and the quilt was not perfectly square - but really done for fun and not exhibition.
I have not decided how to quilt this - although I swore never to do that, I might get it longarmed as it really just needs straight line quilting, which easily puckers on the domestic sewing machine...
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