06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Powys County Times
Quilt made in Powys rekindles family memories in Yorkshire
One small quilt made in Powys has set off a chain of events that no one could have predicted.
During lockdown, three quilts made by Gill Price, member of a Llanidloes -based group Welsh Heritage Quilters, about her childhood at Rillington in Yorkshire, where her family holidayed during the war.
During exhibitions at The Minerva Arts Centre in Llanidloes, home of The Quilt Association, the small A4 quilts were sold as part of an ongoing fundraising project, Cash4Quilts lucky dip.
Recently the Quilt Association received an email from Valerie Gilbert, of Rillington Historical Society, after the purchaser of one of the quilts sent the society a copy of one of the resumés and Valerie was interested to find out more.
The Quilt Association put Valerie in touch with Gill Price, maker of the three Rillington quilts and both are now working together on Gill's memories of Rillington.
Gill said: 'I'm in my eighties now and we left Yorkshire in 1950. They were happy times, remembered with affection.
"I think we stopped having six weeks' summer holidays in Rillington when Lake House was sold after the war.'
Both ladies are delighted to be able to share memories of their childhoods.
An exhibition showcasing the work of well-known quilters and artists Linda and Laura Kemshall is now open from Wednesday to Saturday, until May 24, as well as the work of four of Laura's students. It's called 'Now and Then' and admission is free.
