Welsh quilt

[Top-of-the-hill]

  Not sure if this is the right place for this. The picture is in our W.I. archive, and there seems to be a vague idea that the quilt was made by members and presented to the lady in the centre. I have just come across a press report (1933) of a meeting where that same lady exhibited a beautiful quilt made by wives of Welsh miners, presumably men working in the Kent coalfield. Could this be that quilt? Was there a particular style of Welsh quilting?

[Treetotal]

The ladies' fashion is typical of the the 1930s.
Carol

[Gadget]

It looks very much like  a Welsh quilt design.

Described here in comparison to a Durham design:

http://welshquilts.blogspot.com/2012/01/difference-between-welsh-and-durham.html

Welsh quilts usually had a central motif, either a circular "coin" or a diamond. This central area was enclosed by double or triple lines to form a "field". Fans or other motifs echoed the centre coin, and spirals were used as filling devices.

A further one, two or three borders, also enclosed by double or triple lines, surrounded the central field. Common border motifs include leaves, spirals, church windows, tulips and many geometrical designs. But feathers were not to be found on these quilts.

Leaves and spirals were very common motifs on Welsh quilts. The wool wadding made the designs stand out well in relief.

Chevrons, fans and twists were well liked...the fields were marked in chalk when the quilt was in the frame, then templates were used for the major motifs, with the rest being marked in freehand.

[Top-of-the-hill]

  Thanks Gadget; I am pleased to have that confirmation. I don't recognise anyone in the pictures except the lady of the manor, so I guess some of them were the women who made it. (I didn't actually know any of the 1930s W.I. members, but I have looked at a lot of pictures!)
   I think I must contact the local Mining Heritage Museum.

[Treetotal]

Aw aren't they beautiful Gadget, we saw some in a shop window a couple of years ago when we were in Harlech. The main exhibit had won an award  and if I remember right the lady who had made was well known and in her 80s.
Carol

[Gadget]

They are amazing - think of all the work that goes into them!

And the ladies are definitely 1930s, as you said 

Gadget

[WelshGen]

Link is to current Lampeter quilt malers https://www.welshquilts.com/
Welsh Quilt Museum https://museum.wales/articles/1173/The-Quilt-Collection/