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Quilting   /kwˈɪltɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Quilt  v. t.  (past & past part. quilted; pres. part. quilting)  
1.
To stitch or sew together at frequent intervals, in order to confine in place the several layers of cloth and wadding of which a garment, comforter, etc., may be made; as, to quilt a coat.
2.
To wad, as a garment, with warm soft material.
3.
To stitch or sew in lines or patterns.


noun
Quilting  n.  
1.
The act of stitching or running in patterns, as in making a quilt.
2.
A quilting bee. See Bee, 2.
3.
The material used for making quilts.
4.
(Naut.) A coating of strands of rope for a water vessel.





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"Quilting" Quotes from Famous Books



... have much of a time," said Phil scornfully. "There'll be one or two quilting parties, I suppose; and all the old gossips will talk you over to your face and behind your back. You'll ...
— Anne Of The Island • Lucy Maud Montgomery
... think so much of the birthday idea was what Mother said when she came home from Mrs. Kump's this morning. The old lady lives all alone. She makes a living by doing odd jobs, so Mother wanted to get her to do some quilting. She does it beautifully, in an old-fashioned way that few understand now-a-days. When Mother got there she found her going round doing her work on her hands and knees—her feet were too sore to walk on. She told Mother she had been ...
— Peggy-Alone • Mary Agnes Byrne
... 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
... did not quite sanction such extreme measures. A man's home was his castle, her brother Hughie always said, and no one had any right to enter without his permission. So the quilting-bee ended in a great deal of talk, and John McIntyre's condition ...
— Treasure Valley • Marian Keith
... it, as I think it very well turned, and give it you as an instance of the spirit of her conversation. Her house was magnificently furnished, and very well fancied; her winter rooms being furnished with figured velvet, on gold grounds, and those for summer, with fine Indian quilting embroidered with gold. The houses of the great Turkish ladies are kept clean with as much nicety as those in Holland. This was situated in a high part of the town; and from the window of her summer apartment, we had the prospect of the sea, the islands, and the Asian mountains.—My ...
— Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M--y W--y M--e • Lady Mary Wortley Montague


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