quilting

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

Ringgold introduced quilting into her work in the 1970s after seeing brocaded Tibetan paintings called thangkas.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 13, 2024

With the quilting thread, I tied off the cord and snipped.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

Dey had frolics at night, quiltings, dances, corn-shuckings, and played de fiddle.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 by Work Projects Administration

My mother went to cornshuckings, cotton pickings, and quiltings.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 by Work Projects Administration

But the best of all, both for him and me, were the quiltings; for these brought all the young folks together.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 by Various

At bees and at quiltings 'twas aye to be seen.

From Vacation with the Tucker Twins by Nell Speed

At his mother's house the girls frequently assembled to hold their spinning-frolics,--a custom much resembling our quiltings.

From Black Forest Village Stories by Berthold Auerbach