quilting bee

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noun

a social gathering at which the participants make quilts.

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Origin of quilting bee

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35

It features a young girl at a spelling bee who is asked to spell “Hagan.”
In North Carolina, GOP Overreach May Be More Unpopular Than Obama|Dean Obeidallah|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
How could anyone think that their dislike of the Bee Gees made anything about Disco Demolition Night acceptable?
Of Gamers, Gates, and Disco Demolition: The Roots of Reactionary Rage|Arthur Chu|October 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In an ad called “Spelling Bee,” a young child spells “Pryor” as “O-B-A-M-A,” to which the judge says, “Close enough.”
Red State Democrats Ditch Obama|Patricia Murphy|July 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Certainly there are some Asians who have gleefully embraced the image of being the diligent worker bee.
Model Minority Rage: Why the Hulk Should Be an Asian Guy|Arthur Chu|July 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST

If someone put a gun to your head and said, ‘Find the Bee Gees in 30 seconds,’ you could do it.
The Stacks: The Inimitable Albert Brooks Caught at the Dawn of His Movie Career|Paul Slansky|April 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
About an hour after resuming their walk, the major went off in hot pursuit of an enormous bee, which he saw humming round a bush.
Hunting the Lions|R.M. Ballantyne
But like the bee, while impelled by an instinct that makes it search for sugar, it sucks in therewith its solid sustenance.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
I am not quite certain that the bee does exactly do this; but it is just the kind of thing that the bee is likely to do.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
When he first worked her she had the old bee-but boiler, 24 feet in diameter.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
Such a "bee" as that was had never before buzzed on that mountain, even though this was by no means the first one known there.
Dorothy at Skyrie|Evelyn Raymond