Green and Yellow Quilt from Ashbourne, Derbyshire

Here is a quilt from Derbyshire in a rich gold and peapod green colour combination. It is a north country quilt, but perhaps because it is from Derbyshire, the patterns are a bit different to the usual. The size is large - 90 x 80 inches and the wadding is very thin cotton. The quilting is small and very neatly done.

Here is the central quilting pattern - flat irons with roses surrounding four beech leaves. These leaves are usually associated with welsh quilts, but here seen in a very north country style. The centre is surrounded by diamond infill neatly executed.

In the corners we see scales in a triangle or bunches of grapes?? plus windblown daisies. The outer border is of fans, almost like scallop shells...

The fan border has a central device of a square with a four lobed design inside.

At the back of the quilt in one corner, is a name tag "Marion Ward". It is hard to know whether this is the owner or the quilter. The edge is hand sewn.

This photo shows the colours a bit better - a strong gold and a pea green colour. It is hard to know the dates on these quilts, but because of the colour combination and the windblown diasies, I am thinking 1920's. a quilt with good stitching made by an experienced quilter.

I have several quilts which are not from the central quiltmaking areas - outlying areas - these often have different quilting patterns, or even transitional patterns. Perhaps this is one of those quilts where quilting traditions and quilting patterns varied from what is generally considered to be "north country".