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.

Welsh Pink and Cream Strippy

Here is a quilt that I consider one of my study pieces. It did not cost much, as the edges are very worn. Many people would trim off the edges and rebind, but I prefer to keep these quilts as I bought them. Bindings are not the norm on a Welsh quilt. This is a Welsh strippy - you can see that the strips are a bit wider than some of the north country quilts.

The colour is an attractive cream and dusky pink combination, in cotton sateen.

The quilting pattern is an overall wineglass pattern, with some spirals to fill in any odd corners. It just goes to show, simple patterns can be so effective, you don't have to be complicated all the time....the quilter was working quickly and was drawing the pattern outlines with chalk on the frame as she was quilting from one side to the other.

I do not have any information about this quilt, but it came from a dealer in Cardiff. The overall size is 78 x 72 inches. The wadding is wool fleece, not a blanket.

You can see that the quilting is an overall pattern, and, unlike most north country strippies, the patterns do not follow the strips but are quilted as a Welsh wholecloth quilt.