quilt

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

Husband said fans often looked like a "patchwork quilt" with different colours of shirts in the stands but were brought together by the national dress.

From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026

Several of the Founding Fathers—and nearly everyone around them—devoured Laurence Sterne’s crazy quilt of a tale.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026

Louise eased back her scrap quilt and carefully, carefully slipped out of bed.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck

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

The long hallway ends at the laundry room and is lined with her colorful quilts, some of which are mounted on Homasote board, along with weavings and stitched works, which, like her cooking, are improvisational.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2025

Quilts were there, too, the very quilts Mother had told about.

From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen

Case in point: the featherweight quilted Celestia jacket with a highly reflective shell that, according to the designer, “comes alive with motion.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 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

Vera Bradley, the maker of quilted bags and accessories, is changing strategy again following a rebrand that de-emphasized its signature florals and patterns—and left some of its loyal consumers fuming.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026

Kidman's Australian compatriot and fellow actress Margot Robbie took time to pose in front of the catwalk, wearing a loose black quilted bomber jacket over a black bralette top, paired with wide-leg black trousers.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2025

At the back of the sling I had sewn a tiny quilted triangle, red at its center against two shades of green; it marked the baby’s nape for luck.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

She has joined a quilting club, found a church community and has a dedicated exercise routine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026

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

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

From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2024

Repurposing fabric — from tattered blankets, frayed rags, stained clothes — is a central ethos of the community’s quilting practice, which resists commodification.

From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2024

Grandma studied up on the topic, and we talked for hours while she taught me how to do the quilting for Mother’s birthday present.

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals