Welsh quilts 

You used to get your dog groomed at Glenda Johnson’s in the 1990s I remember you said you had two professional washing machines, I was staggered you could get a Welsh Quilt into a washing machine. Also about the quilters, many travelled to peoples homes and stayed for a few weeks at a time to quilt new quilts for the family, this from Mrs Nansi Evans of the Old Rectory, long gone alas.

Thank you for sharing your beautiful quilts.

I admire enormously these quilts and blankets and the women who made them. I applaud, too, Ms Jones' recognition of their worth at a time when few others did. Without her collection, an important part of women's history would be lost. Thank you! (Diane J)

Lovely video. I feel the same way about not only quilts, but lace and embroidery work. It is heartbreaking the way no one seems to see that they are not only works of art, of great expertise, but tales of the past. Both my grandmother and mother were excellent in these "homely" arts. Each stitch so tiny and correct. People don't take the time to notice. When I look at them I feel the strength and troubles and life stories of those who came before. Women who lived through wars and intense hardship. I'm 66 now and none of my family wants these things, the three meter high crochet curtains, the tiny, perfect embroidered, hand made lace edged hankies, the tablecloths, pillows etc. I breaks my heart

Visited the shop and it's like getting into a different world. I got a Welsh blanket as a wedding present as my husband was born in Wales and it lasted about 42 years on our bed. The dog loved it after and when the dog died of old age my girlfriends dog inherited the blanket made into a big pillow.

Thank you for this video. The hand work is exquisite. I find that today’s quilts that are quilted by a computerized machine look rather like cheap mattress pads. A friend of mine who recently passed away was teaching me how to do piece-quilting. She was extremely talented and knowledgeable about the history of quilting and the fabrics used in the past, etc. She had a long-arm quilting machine that was NOT computerized and her quilting was lovely. She hand guided the machine for the entire quilt and planned her design for each individual quilt. They were superb and did not look like mattress pads. I do miss her dearly. Her name was Dee Brandvig! She lived and I live in a small community in the White Mountains of Arizona at 7,000 ft elevation.

I get what Wendy Shaw, meant about showing us the quilts. I was aching to see more of them opened out so we could see the whole quilt and not just the edges of them. This video was good as far as it went, but I just would have liked to have seen more of the quilts she had on hand.

What a lovely presentation! Now I want to visit the shop. I do wish, though, that we had seen more unfolded quilts - especially the hand-pieced ones. Oh that would have been a treat. That said, we were given a glimpse of a hand-quilted pieced quilt that had the most exquisite quilting stitch I've seen in a long while. A truly wonderful way to use my lunch hour.

thank you, I see the Welsh in my great great grandmother s quilts now. never knew where it came from. now I know. BLESS YOU.

Thank you for sharing a Little bit of heaven ❤️💗

Even though I do machine piecing and quilting I believe imperfections in all hand made items are part of their uniqueness and charm. Mostly meant to be used and loved.

I just saw this post and was so impressed. I agree completely that the old quilts that were not perfect are much more interesting. My grandmother was of German stock but grew up in the Midwest United States and made quilts for her household and her grandchildren. Her quilts were made with amazing creativity yet out of nothing but scraps and completely handsewn.

wow. would love to visit one day. great grandfather was from England ...routledge. and mothers greats were from Scotland and Ireland. Beasley and Martin. I love my hand sewed quilts I have and learned from my great grandmother, have the meal sack quilts even. and my ancestors dresses. I am by any standard in the u. s. called old fashioned. I don't care. I still do it the old fashioned way. I am able to sew what I call blankets...they only take me a month. I still think quilts have more love in them. they take me 10 months to a year. more valuable to me. thanks for sharing

Wow, I would love to wonder around her shop and look at all the pretty quilts!

Thank you Jen for sharing....

Great video! Thank you!

I have visited the quilt museum at Lampeter 4 years in a row and enjoyed your exhibitions. I was very sorry to hear that this is the final year.

I remember spinning the cotton and wool with my great grandmother before we loomed them. lol. sometimes I helped pick the cotton. but I remember brushing the wool. and dyeing it in pans outside. we used the berries that grew on the trees in her yard in alabama. lol. very impressive collection.

Enchanting.

I hope you are well Ms. JEN. Delighted to have watched this video. Thankyou!

So beautiful ❤️

awesome hugs hugs!!

Thank you for sharing the Welsh quilts. I found your video very educational.

Interesting video but why didn't she sow some quilts ?

Loved this video. Does anyone know if they still there and please let me know exactly where it is. In 1969 i was in Wales and we bought a tapestry anorak which was lovely. I am from South Africa

it would have been really great if she had shown us a quilt of two instead of describing them to us.

I do all my quilting by hand, no machine. Just as my Mother, Grand Mother and Great Grand.

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She can't love them that much if she didn't bother to show any - I really wanted to see them. And I'm pretty sure any of those women 150 years ago would have loved to have had a machine to make their quilts on instead of by hand. It wasn't an acceptance of imperfection, but instead the only it could be done. Also, most modern quilts made in the home aren't "perfect" anyway. To get "perfection" (note the quotes there) you need a $10,000 - $20,000 Longarm machine and lots and lots of practice or you can pay several hundred to have someone else do it. Not many have that kind of money. Sewing machine quilting is much more common, but time consuming and takes more patience than most people have, so they turn out "imperfect". They are still loved and treasured and it is a growing hobby.

She's from Massachusetts, and moved to Wales, and has since acquired an entirely new accent than that of Massachusetts.

Disappointing, was expecting to see lovely Welsh Quilts,

Why didn't she show us the welsh quilts? Very disappointing.

What is the point? Guess we'll just have to take your word for it since we don't get to see anything. Disappointing