Collecting HERITAGE QUILTS

Are you fascinated by old quilts? Have you ever thought of acquiring a few of your own, or perhaps studying a quilt that is held in a museum collection? In this new occasional series, we will be chatting to quilt-lovers with a particular enthusiasm for old quilts and their care, and finding out more about them. This issue, we catch up with Carolyn Gibbs, who tells us about her quilt-collecting habit.

When did you buy your first heritage quilt?

I bought my first one in 2006. At the time, I knew little about antique quilts or where you’d look to buy one. But at the Quilt Association’s annual Summer Exhibition in Llanidloes, I spotted an old Northern