quilting bee
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of quilting bee
An Americanism dating back to 1825–35
Example Sentences
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She has to balance the constituencies of writers, readers, lawyers, publishers, sources, subjects, advertisers, and others, who collectively make the Hobbesian “warre of every one against every one” look like a quilting bee.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 14, 2013
A seemingly endless river, crocheted from a rainbow of blues, the work was created through "crochet parties" involving strangers and newfound friends in a modern update of the traditional quilting bee.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 30, 2011
In 1955, as Bill Haley's Rock Around the Clock throbbed through The Blackboard Jungle, rock-'n'-roll hit movies with the force of a party doll at a quilting bee.
From Time Magazine Archive
Before her wedding, her friends would gather in a quilting bee to make a friendship-album quilt in which each did a special, signed design.
From Time Magazine Archive
My servant was away at a quilting bee, and we were still in bed, when I heard the latch of the kitchen-door lifted up, and a step crossed the floor.
From Roughing It in the Bush by Moodie, Susanna
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