This Khairpur (upper Sindh) ralli features fifteen 8-petaled lotus flowers in bright, cheerful colors. Several of the designs used in the multiple borders are common in quilts from Sindh. For instance, the bright green border is done in the “date palm” or “camel cart” design and the multi-colored quatrefoils appliquéd onto the black and blue borders are in the “head of a milk churn” design.

Pattern: 
Ralli
Maker: 
Unidentified maker
Circa
1980
2000
Probably made in
Khairpur
Sindh (upper)
Pakistan
77.75
52.5
International Quilt Museum
2009.026.0004