The origin of the traditional British strip quilt, or strippy, is uncertain, but they were produced most prolifically from the late nineteenth to the early twentieth century. A pieced variation of a wholecloth, they were made mostly in the same areas as their single-fabric cousins, that is, predominantly in the North Country and Wales.
In the North Country, along with its acclaimed wholecloths, strippies are widely regarded as one of the most quintessential regional styles. Indeed, it has been recorded that strippy-type quilts were made more than any other style of North Country quilt, despite the survival of more wholecloths that are often found in exceptional condition. This apparent anomaly is explained by the fact that wholecloths were made for best, so were only lightly, and in some cases never, used and were
