was quilting
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past progressiveof quilt.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
quiltnouna coverlet for a bed, made of two layers of fabric with some soft substance, as wool or down, between them and stitched in patterns or tufted through all thicknesses in order to prevent the filling from shifting.
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We waited in vain for quite awhile, but finally in came three or four women, one with a cloth shoe sole she was quilting, and another carrying a baby.
From Have We No Rights? A frank discussion of the "rights" of missionaries by Williamson, Mabel