Twelve Quilts of Christmas 2021 – #10

 

 

I love the proportions of this strippy quilt that is made from blue and gold wool and stitched with red thread!  The quilting pattern, unlike strippy quilts we might see here in North America, or the ones in the North Country in England, defies the strips and addresses the whole quilt instead as one would expect with a Welsh quilt. 

 

This classic quilting layout uses wheels, fans, spiral and a motif called “church windows” which you can find in the outer border.  Echo quilting skillfully fills the outer portion of the design and the inner fill of spirals in groups of three adds a delightful bit of energy.  I love the use of interlocking circles in the middle border that forms a leaf design where the two circles intersect. It gives the look of leaves on point.