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2. Corded quilting - Wikipedia

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   Corded quilting was popular for dresses, petticoats, and waistcoats as well as curtains and bedcoverings. [2] Originating in the fine whole-cloth quilt tradition of Provence in southern France, [ 4 ] corded quilting differs from the related trapunto quilting in which loose wadding or batting rather than cord is inserted to create raised designs.

3. Longarm quilting - Wikipedia

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   Longarm quilting is the process by which a longarm sewing machine is used to sew together a quilt top, quilt batting and quilt backing into a finished quilt.. A complete longarming system typically consists of a sewing machine head, a frame, a table with a layer of plastic (under which is placed a pantograph), and several rollers on which the fabric layers and batting are attached.

4. Rope-burning puzzle - Wikipedia

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   The fusible numbers are defined as the amounts of time that can be measured in this way. As well as being of recreational interest, these puzzles are sometimes posed at job interviews as a test of candidates' problem-solving ability, [ 1 ] and have been suggested as an activity for middle school mathematics students.

5. Quilting - Wikipedia

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   Machine quilting needles are very sharp in order to readily pierce layers of quilt and properly sew together the quilt top, batting and backing. Hand quilting needles are traditionally called betweens and are generally smaller and stronger than normal sewing needles. They have a very small eye which prevents any extra bump at the head of the ...

6. 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.

7. Patchwork quilt - Wikipedia

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   Mrs. Bill Stagg of Pie Town, New Mexico, with her embroidered patchwork quilt that displays all 48 (at the time) United States state flowers and birds, October 1940 Patchwork quilt: 1992 Kentucky State Winner. A patchwork quilt is a quilt in which the top layer may consist of pieces of fabric sewn together to form a design. [1]

8. Appliqué - Wikipedia

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   Appliqué is used extensively in quilting. "Dresden Plate" and "Sunbonnet Sue" are two examples of traditional American quilt blocks that are constructed with both patchwork and appliqué. Baltimore album quilts, Broderie perse, Hawaiian quilts, Amish quilts, Egyptian Khayamiya and the ralli quilts of India and Pakistan also use appliqué.

9. Fuse cutout - Wikipedia

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   The fuse elements used in most distribution cutouts are tin or silver alloy wires that melt when subjected to high enough current. Ampere ratings of fuse elements vary from 1 ampere to 200 amperes but a solid door will allow the full 300 ampere capacity of the cutout to be utilized.