quilting

[kwil-ting]

noun

1. the act of a person who quilts.

2. material for making quilts.

3. a heavily padded wrapping, as for fragile cargo.

quilting

/ ˈkwɪltɪŋ /

noun

1. material used for making a quilt

2. the act or process of making a quilt

3. quilted work

Word History and Origins

Origin of quilting¹

First recorded in 1605–15; quilt + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

"It wasn’t her family pictures, it wasn't her jewellery, it was her quilting."

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Repurposing fabric — from tattered blankets, frayed rags, stained clothes — is a central ethos of the community’s quilting practice, which resists commodification.

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Porter’s story begins in small-town Iowa, where she was raised by a father who was a farmer turned loan officer and a homemaker mother who later found fame in the world of quilting.

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It reminds me of my mother, grandmother, aunts and friends who gathered in each other’s homes so many times for “quilting bees”!

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Pick up fabric at quilting shops or yarn at artisan fiber stores with rentable weaving looms.

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Related Words

• brocade 
• decoration 
• lace 
• needlepoint 
• tapestry