I am hand quilting Sidmouth Revisited at the moment. A big job - it is 96in square. The photo above was taken several days ago. Although I've taken inspiration from the original quilt for the designs, I have resized the quilting frames that don't quite match up with the piecing on the original so they have a more sympathetic relationship to the patchwork frames. Most of the quilting motifs are Welsh and will include beech leaves, hearts etc.
The centre will feature a feather circle which is more typical of North Country designs, although used in the manner of the 'coin' circle centre seen on Welsh quilts. Lilian Hedley drafted it for me on last autumn's course at The Royal, Bridlington. This is a 24in square quilt she made with a smaller version of the feather circle in the centre.
The circle in the middle of the original coverlet is more like a chevron pattern than feathers, but nevertheless has a rather Neo Classical look.
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