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23rd October 2025

Women's historical contributions to traditional Welsh industries are now gradually being acknowledged. For example, in the production of textiles they quilted exquisite bed covers for prosperous customers and high-end hotels such as Claridges, and supplied a large part of the workforce in the many woollen mills (also as outworkers). The National Wool Museum provides an excellent overview of the once-vast industry which supplied global markets with woollen flannel fabric and blankets, and academics Deborah McGuire and Dr Jess Bailey of Within The Frame are working to save the now critically endangered craft of hand-quilting in a flat frame.

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