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I am a quilter living in Woodbridge, Suffolk who has made quilts since I was a teenager. I also ring bells! Both are great British traditions....I will try to feature some of my antique Welsh and Durham quilts, the quilts I make myself, my quilting activities and also some of my bellringing achievements. Plus as many photos as I can manage. NB: Double click on the photos to see greater detail, then use back button to return to the main page.













Wednesday 23 July 2014

Welsh Quilt with Unusual Quilting Patterns

Here is a Welsh quilt which is a bit puzzling.....it has some interesting quilting patterns, but does not seem to have been especially carefully made.


At first, I thought that this was the top or "best" side....the flowered sateen is attractive, but an odd bit of beige fabric has been used to complete the top, here placed in the middle, almost like a frame.....


But, looking at the edges and the frill, it is apparent that this side was the underside...you can see that the frill has seams and turned under edge facing this lower side, making it the reverse...

The edge with its frill was not very carefully sewn....the fabric edges were not carefully turned in, and in many places where the turn in was not caught by the line of stitching, the two selvedge edges are just sticking out....



Turning the quilt onto the plain side, one can see that this pink side was the uppermost side....the frill is nicely gathered on this side...no seams showing....the thread also matches this side...


The quilting patterns are also more apparent on the "better" side....there is a central coin with four hearts..surrounded by circles....with four fans at the corners...you can see that the usual bordered format is not followed...on either side of the central coin are two more half circle designs....


Another look at the center hearts...


At either end are some triangular designs....the two ends are not quilted in the same manner, however....this one has two daisies...with a paisley shape at either side....


While this one had a half daisy or fan and a leaf and paisley pear.....


The corner fans have teardrop motifs...


Another corner, this one with a fan...


Some unusual linked spirals, which look like eyeglases? These are seen in several areas, including the side triangles and in between the central hearts.

This quilt came from a family in Newport, South Wales. The quilt measures 72  x 81 " with a 5" frill.

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