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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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quilt / kwilt/ • n. a warm bed covering made of padding enclosed between layers of fabric and kept in place by lines of stitching, typically applied in a decorative design. ∎ a knitted or fabric bedspread with decorative stitching. ∎ a layer of padding used for insulation.
• v. [tr.] join together (layers of fabric or padding) with lines of stitching to form a bed covering or a warm garment, or for decorative effect.
DERIVATIVES: quilt·er n.
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Quilting Instructor Takes Gammill's Long-Arm Quilting Machine to New Heights.
PR Newswire; 9/10/2002; 700+ words
; ...Mo. -- Internationally renowned quilting instructor Linda Taylor knows firsthand that more people are quilting than ever before. She's spent most...revolutionized quilt-making -- the long-arm quilting machine. In existence fewer than twenty...
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 "Post-Tribune (IN)")
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Quilting done quickly
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 3/16/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...decade of sewing, she has not attempted quilting. That is, until she enrolled in the rag quilting class that Emily Remster taught recently...quilt. Using sewing machines sped up the quilting, the Chesterton woman said. "It's faster...
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 "Des Plaines Times (IL)")
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Quilting sewing up mighty comeback
Newspaper article from: Des Plaines Times (IL); 3/31/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...asking his friends to come with him to a quilting festival in Rosemont two years ago...people. They were astounded." The quilting business has unraveled over the past...in Rosemont, attributes the rise in quilting interest to changing demographics throughout...
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 "Frederick News-Post (Frederick, MD)")
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Quilting businesses provide materials, know-how.
Newspaper article from: Frederick News-Post (Frederick, MD); 7/4/2007; 700+ words
; Byline: Jon Stewart Jul. 4--Quilting keeps businesses and customers in stitches...Sewing can be by hand or machine. Quilting, although an addictive hobby, is difficult...business. No one supports themselves on quilting alone, said Didi Salvatierra, a hand...
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Quilting is Now Made Easy with the New SINGER(R) CONFIDENCE QUILTER(TM) Sewing Machine.
Business Wire; 9/10/2008; 700+ words
; ...s Trusted Sewing Heritage Expands to Quilting--First SINGER Machine Made for Beginning...TM] sewing machine. As the ideal quilting and sewing companion, the affordable...reveals the total value of the U.S. quilting industry grew by 45% in recent years...
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+(via+Knight-Ridder%2fTribune+Business+News) "The Patriot-News (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)")
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Marysville, Pa., Quilting Shop Uses New Machine for Better Production.
Newspaper article from: The Patriot-News (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News); 2/24/2002; 700+ words
; ...was speeded up when some people began quilting on sewing machines. Fast forward to 2002. Smile Spinners, a quilting and sewing shop near Marysville, recently started using a 14-foot-long quilting machine. A trained operator can assemble...
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 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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Annual quilting show focuses on color and charity
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 5/5/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...way -- by hand -- in recent years, the fastest growing niche in the quilting world has been machine quilting. Spurred by the introduction of long-arm and other quilting machines for home use, the genre has grown rapidly, says Jennifer Pond...
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Return of the quilting bee. (group quilting)
Magazine article from: Country Living; 7/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...occur regularly today. Although the term quilting bee may conjure up visions of Victorian...neighborhood news, the practice of group quilting is alive and well in 1997 in communities...quilters are continuing America's great quilting heritage and they are also experiencing...
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Sew-Sew Divine: This Quilting Guy Leaves His Readers In Stitches
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 11/13/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Is Mark Lipinski (and what's he doing to quilting)?" The answer is: Lipinski is an impishly funny...glee and some outrage in the wild, wacky world of quilting. "The other quilting magazines are a tea party," he says. "Mine...
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A stitch through time: Quilting sews our past to the future
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 10/13/2009; ; 700+ words
; Quilting has a long and proud history, but there are...are currently living in the "Golden Age of Quilting," says Carol Armstrong, who gave a presentation on "The Evolution of the Quilting World From 1970 to 2000," as part of the...
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Quilting
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
QUILTING QUILTING. A quilt is made by sewing two pieces of cloth together with a padding...Europe during the Crusades (c. 1100 – 1300). By 1300, quilting had spread to Italy, where women sewed bed quilts, and from there...
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quilting
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
quilting form of needlework, almost always created...usually with a pattern of back or running (quilting) stitches that hold the layers together...practiced for centuries in N Asia and Europe. Quilting has been a feature of embroidery in the...
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Quilts and Quilting
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
Quilts and Quilting, folk craft and art form. The distinctive patterns of quilts are created...counties, and regions have initiated projects to document quilts. Today quilting may encompass traditional craft, folk art, or abstract art, and quilts...
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Quilts of the Old West
Book article from: American Eras
Quilts of the Old West Sources Quilting Women’s Lives. While books...process of making quilts was not easy. Quilting demanded long hours and painstaking skill...community. Prior to departing for the West, quilting bees were held, bringing together female...
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Brumbeau, Jeff 1955-
Book article from: Something About the Author
...noting that the "lush, colorful" artwork by illustrator Gail de Marcken includes a quilting puzzle as well as illustrations about many traditional quilting patterns. Also enhanced with watercolor illustrations by de Marcken, Miss Hunnicutt...
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