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    cat lewis

    August 19, 2026
    linen
  • Spun linen from our flax

    Linen yarn grown and spun in Cymru.

    cat lewis

    February 8, 2026
    linen
  • Linen seed saving at St Fagan’s Museum

    The flax planted at Abernodwydd garden was pulled up over three sessions during August, then stored in the barn in bundled stooks, allowing it to dry and the seed bolls to develop. Then we rippled and winnowed the seed on a blowy September, in the yard of the farmhouse where it was grown. There’s evidence…

    cat lewis

    September 14, 2025
    linen, st fagans
    catlewis, cloth, fibre, flax, flax linen lliain, flax linen wales, friperie, global gardens, linen, linen flax, lliain, llieinwe, st fagans, sustainability, sustainable, textiles, wales
  • Flax of ‘25

    This year at St Fagan’s Museum we moved to a new garden. Abernodwydd house garden was beautifully prepared by the garden team at the museum. We had our own saved seed and new seed from Flaxlands. We planted in sun in April, then had some rain, more sun and warm weather. It’s grown to over…

    cat lewis

    August 7, 2025
    linen
    cloth, fibre, flax, flax linen lliain, flax linen wales, linen, linen flax, lliain, llieinwe, st fagans, sustainability, sustainable, textiles, wales
  • Un-Fashion at FACC space

    We’re at the end of our Ashley Family Fund grant and so we’re celebrating and sharing our achievements with a little exhibition and free workshops. We have been gifted the lovely, cosy space run by the Future Arts Collective Cymru. There’s an exhibition of flax to linen upstairs, including the amazing dioramas by Martine Brown…

    cat lewis

    December 12, 2024
    linen
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