I am very much looking forward to tomorrow and my trip to meet Elen Phillips, curator of textiles at the National Museum of Wales, St Fagan's. I am going to be looking at samplers, to find some authentic motifs to use in my 'vintage linen as women's domestic history' piece, and also at domestic linens (tablecloths etc) with a view to learning more about how these were decorated, again to inform my work on this piece. I'll report in full when I get back.
Meanwhile, I am still in search of vintage nappy pins to use in this piece - I need about a dozen - if you have some squirrelled away, please get in touch via lisa 'at' fabrikant dot co dot uk (apparently I have to write it like this to avoid being spammed!) if you'd be prepared to donate any. You know the kind of thing - large safety pin with white cap which slides over the closure to lock it. On really vintage ones, the white caps are metal, on later ones they are plastic. Many thanks - I had no idea it would be so hard to find them!
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