Patchwork & Quilting UK – July 2019

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74 British Patchwork & Quilting JULY 2019

When I hear the term ‘strippy quilt’ I automatically

think of the old quilts made from wide strips of

fabric and beautifully hand quilted. These days

a ‘strippy quilt’ is simply one made from strips –

so it includes those older ones but also a lot of

exciting modern ones, some based around Jelly

Roll strips, others using up scrap strips and right

down to string quilts. Barbara Brackman looks at

these diff erences in one of her blog posts

(bit.ly/2JxzdKI) as she asks ‘What is a strip quilt?

Wandering

the web

WITH CHRIS FRANSES

There are several interesting websites and blogs featuring

antique strippy quilts. The oldest known from the north

of England was made by Hannah Peart and is dated

1850; you can fi nd out more about it from the BBC at

bbc.in/2X1qlAa as part of their Radio 4 History of the World

series. There are several online articles and posts about

Welsh strippy quilts. As you might expect Jen Jones has

pictures of several on her website (bit.ly/2WjkSaC) and Pippa

Moss discusses one of her Welsh strippy quilts in a blog post

from 2010 (bit.ly/2YF5h2F). Carolyn Gibbs has an article on

strippy quilts on her website (bit.ly/2WjxqPg) where she looks

at the diff erence between traditional Northern English and

Welsh designs. She is hosting a talk about Antique British

Strippy Quilts at the Festival of Quilts this year on Sunday

4 August if you are interested in hearing more.

American strippy quilts tended to be a little diff erent

and often featured blocks set in strips with plain strips

between. The website Antique Quilt History has several

examples in their article about 19th century American quilts

(bit.ly/2VTz3E8) and Janette – aka The Plain Needle Woman –

has two blog posts (bit.ly/30zegEB) about her antique strippy

quilts; the fi rst shows how she repaired one of her damaged

quilts and the second looks at various examples of strippy

quilts that she owns.

Double sided North country strippy quilt, Carolyn Gibbs

North country antique quilt 1880s, http://www.theplainneedlewoman.com

Detail, ‘Bold Gold and Green Strippy Quilt’, 1920. http://www.jen-jones.com