Newtown Textile Museum - Part 1

 This was truly excellent.  I took my time to wander round and read about how life was here in the past.

Note the sugar nips, bottom left, and the cone of sugar beside it.  I think the blue wrapping behind it is a cone wrapped in sugar paper - even when I was growing up the sugar came in blue bags, not dissimilar to this paper.  From what I recall, shops were allowed to sell sugar on a Sunday as the sugar paper could be used to light the fire . . .  Sounds odd, but I am sure it was the case.

Furnishings were simple and minimal.

Nightware was hand-sewn.

The man himself.

The loom above:   Laura Ashley lived in the area, and had her own clothing company, as of course many of you will remember.  It is good that this loom has come through her to the Museum.

Here is a traditional Welsh loom.  I remember when one came up in a local sale-room, I was very tempted to put in an offer - we had a spare room large enough - but getting it through the door would have been a problem!!

I have had a very busy day.  It started with the car being taken down to the garage to have the back light fixed back in place (after I went too close to the gate when reversing out the other day).  Pam gave me a lift back, bless her.

I spent a good hour or more deep cleaning my bedroom - changing the bed, vacuuming the mattress, making up the bed afresh.  Then I dusted round everywhere - including the dusty lampshades, vacuumed everywhere and had a general tidy up.  Then I vacuumed everywhere else upstairs and dealt with a couple of stains on a carpet.  Then I trimmed the last of the wallpaper we hung on Sunday, so that's sorted now. Tea was a beef casserole in the slow cooker.

I needed to get in the greenhouse and pot on 5 well grown cucumber plants and 3 more tomatoes, so I did that (gosh, it was hot in there).  Watered round everywhere too.  Then  I was lucky enough to get a lift to the garage with my next door neighbour, and came back and finished mixing the cake I had in two bowls (dry and wet ingredients) waiting for me to be free to put it in the oven.  It's a Spiced Apple Cake, and I'm taking it to other Pam's tomorrow when I go to see them before my quilting group.

So, I will be glad to sit and rest a bit tonight.  The Dunelm order (mostly stuff for Tam) has finally been delivered, so I have some new double bedding to go in the wash tomorrow.  

The lighter blue ties in well with the blue on the wall in Tam's bedroom (she chose this set).

'scuse gardening shoes at the bottom!

Now, time to catch up with some tv and actually relax for the first time today.