Pink and Blue Welsh Strippy

Here is a Welsh strippy in pink and blue that has nice traditional Welsh stitching. The size is 70 x 87 inches and the filling is a thin carded wool.
This quilt is all hand sewn - there is no machine sewing. Even the strips are hand pieced.

There are some very attractive patterns to be seen - I especially like the Church Windows with infill spirals...chevrons surrounding stars above....


A view of the whole quilt - you can see how wide the strips are, much wider than in the North Country strippies.

The central motif is a lozenge shape formed by the four corner fans surrounded by bands of sprials - this centre shape is filled with cross hatching.

The fabric in this quilt is not sateen but a cotton poplin, which has a plain weave. In contrast to the showy and shiny sateen, it has a muted, matt effect which is most attractive.

The other side of the quilt is also a strippy - it is reversible and the strips are the opposite colour - very economical to run up, nothing wasted.

This quilt was bought from a dealer - I finally managed to coax the details out of her. The quilt came from a farmhouse owned by the Howell family at Byntag, at Cynwyl Elfed above Carmarthen. It was made by the seller's grandmother who had considerable skill and may have been a seamstress.

This quilt was one of a batch of my quilts which were sent off to France - they were shown at a quilt show as Les Quilts Gallois. The show was organised by Jane Rollason who now lives in the Charente.