quilting
noun
the act of a person who quilts.
quiltings
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pluralof quilting.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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At bees and at quiltings 'twas aye to be seen; The best of the gossip began When in at the doorway had entered serene My grandmother's turkey-tail fan.
From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume I. (of X.) by Marshall Pinckney Wilder
Patterns of quiltings are not as plentiful as designs for the patchwork tops of quilts; only about eight or ten standard patterns being in general use.
From Quilts Their Story and How to Make Them by Marie D. (Marie Daugherty) Webster
Log-rollings, house-raisings, house-warmings, corn-shuckings, quiltings, and the like were occasions when all the neighbors came together to do what the family itself could hardly accomplish alone.
From The Winning of the West, Volume 1 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1769-1776 by Theodore Roosevelt
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
These quiltings weigh about two pounds to the square foot, and are at all times removable.
From Asbestos Its production and use, with some account of the asbestos mines of Canada by Robert H. Jones
