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Quilting   /kwˈɪltɪŋ/   Listen
Quilting

noun
1.
Stitching through layers of fabric and a filling so as to create a design.
2.
A material used for making a quilt, or a quilted fabric.



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"Quilting" Quotes from Famous Books



... "Sometimes quilting parties were held in the various cabins on the plantation. Everyone would assist in making the winter bed covering for one family one night and the next night for some other family, and so on until ...
— Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves - Georgia Narratives, Part 3 • Works Projects Administration
... your bed now. I've put a quilt upon you I'm after quilting a while since with my own two hands, and you'd best stretch out now for your sleep, and may God give you a good rest till I call you in the morning when ...
— The Playboy of the Western World • J. M. Synge
... of the flag and the bear and other details. The work began early the next day and my hands were busy hemming the sides and ends while sister drew the shape of the bear and cut it out of brown drilling. We got our quilting frame and stretched the flag on it, and when it was all nicely stretched we laid the bear on the white surface and began to get it into the right place. Then the basting began so that nothing should go wrong in putting ...
— Sixty Years of California Song • Margaret Blake-Alverson


Words linked to "Quilting" :   textile, quilting bee, fabric, material, cloth, sewing stitch, quilt, embroidery stitch


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