Museum sews up exhibition

The pieces have been made by Galgorm based thread groups as well as Northern Ireland wide groups who have been inspired by the poetry of Country Antrim rhyming weavers.

The term rhyming weavers was used to describe the rural working class poets who began to publish their work, written in the Ulster Scots dialect, during the late eighteenth and nineteenth century.

The quilt display is a celebration of the work of these country poets. the exhibition will feature Ballymena poet, David herbison, the bard of Dunclug.