- present participle of quilt.
noun
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material used for making a quilt
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the act or process of making a quilt
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quilted work
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Origin of quilting
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She has joined a quilting club, found a church community and has a dedicated exercise routine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026
For example, quilting has long been a domestically appropriate medium for women to express their political beliefs, well before they had the right to vote.
From Slate ● Jan. 29, 2026
"It wasn’t her family pictures, it wasn't her jewellery, it was her quilting."
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2024
Many third- and fourth-generation artists returned to quilting as adults for a creative and therapeutic outlet, as well as a tether to their roots.
From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2024
Unlike the girl in the novel, she hadn’t made it herself, knew little about quilting or sewing or craftiness.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
Maybe she was so busy making sunshine for the Princess to bring to Laddie that she had no time to sew carpet rags, and to go to quiltings, and funerals, and make visits.
From Laddie; a true blue story by Gene Stratton-Porter
She told of the launching of the ship Berinthia Brandon, the pung-ride and dance at the Greyhound Tavern, the quiltings, huskings, and tea-parties.
From Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance by Charles Carleton Coffin
“We have pretty good times with the quiltings, huskings, and sleighing parties, when we pile into a double pung, ride in the moonlight, have supper, and a dance.”
From Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance by Charles Carleton Coffin
De white folks had cotton-pickings, corn-shuckings and quiltings.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 4 by Work Projects Administration
I was frequently invited to quiltings, apple parings, huskings, etc.; but I never dared to go, lest I should be expected to have something to say to some of the feminine portion of the company.
From The Fatal Glove by Clara Augusta
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