On Sunday I spent an enjoyable couple of hours at
Quiltfest in Llangollen. I’d not been to this event before, but it was localish, the forecast was good and there was free parking, so it made sense to go.
There were three exhibitions in the Pavilion. “Just One Day” and “In Print” appeared to be smaller, pictorial style art quilts, but a few larger quilts (which I think were from Colwyn Quilters and some of the traders) were on display in the main hall.
More quilts were on display in the museum in the town including a collection of modern sampler quilts inspired by a project series in The Quilter magazine by Helen Howes. I particularly enjoyed looking at these quilts and seeing how people had created a variety of quilts from the same set of instructions.
The Sunday was “traders day” so admission was a little dearer (£3.50 rather than £2), but about the same as P&P if I were to order anything online. There were half a dozen or so traders in the Pavilion and I managed to get what I was after (grey thread) as well as several other bits and pieces.
I’d certainly consider going again next year as the smaller scale of event made a nice change from the crowds at Festival of Quilts.
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