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This work took him so long, that it was four o'clock in the morning when he had quilted the last diamond into the belt.

From Henry Dunbar A Novel by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

He was to deal with facts, not with words, which he wisely left to those who came into the field after the laborers had quilted it, to garner up what they could at second hand.

From History of the Conquest of Peru by Prescott, William Hickling

The bed, sheeted in old linen, had quilted covers.

From The Light in the Clearing by Bacheller, Irving

She looked at the pin which Miss Tabitha had quilted into the top of her pocket, but she dared not take it out.

From Comfort Pease and her Gold Ring by Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins

A gray shawl, home-spun—it was made from the wool of Mary's own sheep—was clutched over her thin body; a huge quilted hood—Mary herself had quilted it—half hid her dark, expressionless face.

From The Shield of Silence by Loughridge, George