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Ralli, Rilli or Rillki quilts are traditional quilts of Sindh, in southeastern Pakistan, and the surrounding regions in both Pakistan and western India, including Baluchistan, Punjab, and Rajasthan.
20 de may. de 2019 · The Art of Ralli, or making patchwork quilts, has existed for centuries.The tradition lives on in Pakistan’s Thar Desert, where it gives poor women an opport...
9 de nov. de 2021 · Learn about the history, culture, and craft of ralli quilts, the traditional textiles from Pakistan and India. See photos of rallis from an exhibit at the International Museum of Folk Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
7 de jul. de 2017 · Scholar and Collector Patricia Stoddard talks about Ralli quilts of Pakistan and India in this 2010 lecture from the International Quilt Study Center & Museu...
In this region, many women like to use a variety of geometric checkerboard designs in their ralli quilts, causing some of them to resemble patchwork traditions from other parts of the world. The intricate borders from this area have repeated, connected patterns.
Ralli quilts are a visual feast of color, pattern and energy. Rallis are made extensively in Pakistan in Sindh, Baluchistan, southern Punjab and in the Indian states of Rajasthan and Gujarat bordering Sindh.
This ralli quilt exhibits multiple embroidered borders forming an allover design. The extensive embroidery and the stitches highlighting the right angles formed as each border meets in the four corners are characteristic of quilts made by people of the Saami group or tribe.
