Fraserburgh Frilly Quilt
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- Maker:
- Jeannie Ann Buchan
- Date:
- 1950 - 1960
Pink and paisley printed cotton quilt, with a flower outline design with ruched centre and two borders, and an outer frill in pink cotton. The backing paisley design fabric has been used to form the contrasting borders on the front.
The term ‘Fraserburgh Frillies’ was one coined during the Documentation Days by The Quilters’ Guild in the 1990s, and refers to a type of machine made quilt made to commission in the east coast fishing town of Fraserburgh from the 1940s. The customer provided the fabric and a filling (often a blanket). The three layers were quilted simultaneously and embellished by stitching on ruched strips of contrasting fabric. Sometimes they had additional widely spaced machine quilting. According to Quilt Treasures, they were often made to for a girl’s trousseau or were taken to sea on the fishing boats. This quilt was made for the donor’s mother Margaret, Ritchie Noble.
