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2. Patchwork quilt - Wikipedia

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   A patchwork quilt is a quilt in which the top layer may consist of pieces of fabric sewn together to form a design. [1] Originally, this was to make full use of leftover scraps of fabric, but now fabric is often bought specially for a specific design. Fabrics are now often sold in quarter meters (or quarter yards in the United States).

3. Quilts of Gee's Bend - Wikipedia

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   The quilts of Gee's Bend are quilts created by a group of women and their ancestors who live or have lived in the isolated African-American hamlet of Gee's Bend, Alabama along the Alabama River. The quilting tradition can be dated back to the nineteenth century and endures to this day. The residents of Gee’s Bend, Alabama, are direct ...

4. Quilt - Wikipedia

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   A quilt is a multi-layered textile, traditionally composed of two or more layers of fabric or fiber. Commonly three layers are used with a filler material. These layers traditionally include a woven cloth top, a layer of batting or wadding, and a woven back combined using the techniques of quilting. This is the process of sewing on the face of ...

5. Ralli quilt - Wikipedia

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   The types, colors, and designs of ralli quilts vary depending upon the area in which they are made. [5] There are different types of ralli making, three of which are widely known. These include appliqué, patchwork, and embroidered ralli . [6] [7] [8] [1] All rallis are handmade by women artisans of Sindh's remote areas. Embroidery designs and ...

6. Marie Webster - Wikipedia

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   George Webster Jr. Marie Daugherty Webster (July 19, 1859 – August 29, 1956) was a quilt designer, quilt producer, and businesswoman, as well as a lecturer and author of Quilts, Their Story, and How to Make Them (1915), the first American book about the history of quilting, reprinted many times since. She also ran the Practical Patchwork ...

7. Quilting - Wikipedia

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   Quilting. Quilted skirt (silk, wool and cotton – 1770–1790), Jacoba de Jonge-collection MoMu, Antwerp / Photo by Hugo Maertens, Bruges. Quilting is the process of joining a minimum of three layers of fabric together either through stitching manually using a needle and thread, or mechanically with a sewing machine or specialised longarm ...