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quilt

[kwilt] / kwɪlt /


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That first week, we had a TV and a kind of makeshift conversation pit: a quilt, a mattress, some pillows.

From Salon Jul. 11, 2026

We’re a quilt of positive and negative traits.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 1, 2026

She has also made a quilt, using fabrics which reminded her of her time in prison.

From BBC May 30, 2026

And then we see a quilt stitched by the inmates of H.M.P.

From The Wall Street Journal May 2, 2026

I pull the quilt over my head, murmuring a prayer for my parents, for Bibi, who gave up everything to raise me.

From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

It educates us in many arcane worlds of arts and crafts, quilts, chairs, pickle crocks and other items whose value really can be in the eye of the beholder.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 16, 2026

John Trumbull’s iconic paintings of the Revolution are joined by historic printings, weapons, pottery, quilts and more in a patriotic display that shows how these creators shaped a visual history of the young country.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 10, 2026

In the bottom of a chest of quilts were nestled her collection of mugs.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 4, 2025

Nearly a year after moving in, Weiss has filled the apartment with her stitched collages, quilts and the artworks of others, many of which she described as “trades.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 23, 2025

Soon after it gets dark, we lay out our quilts and blankets around the blaze and settle down for the night.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell

“I’m not interested in making things to show or sell in a gallery now,” Saar says, adjusting her quilted cobalt vest.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

He was last seen wearing a quilted green-brown Barbour jacket over a beige woollen jumper, with navy chinos and brown leather trainers with white soles.

From BBC Mar. 2, 2026

So Yulia now lives in a long, quilted coat and hat in her flat, and rests her feet on a saucepan-full of hot water to keep them from freezing.

From BBC Jan. 31, 2026

The Sport Prestige’s alpha-swagger is the intricately quilted Nappa leather upholstery, its puzzlework of seams outlined with contrasting piping and double stitching—an orange the company calls “Magma” but you may know better as “DOT Vest.”

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 2, 2025

Soldiers wore armor made from sculpted, quilted cloth that was almost as effective at shielding the body as European armor and much fighter.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

For example, quilting has long been a domestically appropriate medium for women to express their political beliefs, well before they had the right to vote.

From Slate Jan. 29, 2026

Adorned with shimmering squares of fabric, it echoes quilting traditions while reinventing the traditional women’s work of sewing.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 9, 2026

"It wasn’t her family pictures, it wasn't her jewellery, it was her quilting."

From BBC Dec. 26, 2024

Many third- and fourth-generation artists returned to quilting as adults for a creative and therapeutic outlet, as well as a tether to their roots.

From Seattle Times May 10, 2024

With the deadline for the contest closing in, Holly was selling more quilting supplies than anything else.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry




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