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Quilting pattern book
Lewis, Katy (née John)
(Quilter)
Photostat copies of notebook on quilting craft with various designs. Compiled by Katy Lewis (née John) while attending quilting classes in Abertridwr, 1930s.
The class was organised by the Rural Industries Bureau as part of a scheme to bring employment and to revive craft skills in the coalmining areas of south Wales. Quilting classes were set up in Aberdare, Porth, Merthyr Tydfil, Abertridwr, Splott in Cardiff, and Blaina. The young apprentices made quilts for the middle classes of Cardiff and for exclusive shops in London. The Bureau provided materials, tuition and customers for their products.
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
MS 3439/1
Historical Associations
Associated Person/Body: Lewis, Katy (née John)
Association Type:
Date: 1930s
Place: Abertridwr
Associated Person/Body: Rural Industries Bureau
Association Type:
Date: 1930s
Place: Abertridwr
Creation/Production
Katy Lewis (nee John), 1912-2002. Born in Abertridwr, near Caerphilly. She learnt to quilt when she was about 17 years old at a class established by the Rural Industries Bureau. From about 1939 until the mid-1950s, she taught quilting at evening classes.
Role: Quilter
Place: Abertridwr
Period: 1930s
Acquisition
Collected Officially
Material
Paper
Location
In store
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