Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who quilts; one who makes quilting.
- noun An attachment to sewing-machines for executing quilting upon fabrics.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, quilts.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person whose
hobby orprofession is makingquilts . - noun UK A person who uses a hand or machine
stitch to decorate aquilt , or tosew together the layers of a quilt. - noun US A person who performs the entire process of making a patchwork quilt, whether or not it is decorated with quilting stitches.
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Examples
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It's not great - for one thing, I'm not thrilled with the word quilter as I am beginning to prefer fibre artist (nothing wrong with quilting, but I do so much that isn't quite quilting, these days), but that was two words!
Memes and stuff katelnorth 2008
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One project down, a million to go - but then I'm not the kind of quilter who will ever have everything finished, as I'd just start something else in the meantime!
Black and white challenge katelnorth 2006
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One project down, a million to go - but then I'm not the kind of quilter who will ever have everything finished, as I'd just start something else in the meantime!
Archive 2006-08-01 katelnorth 2006
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The Miniature Quilt: Over 24 Projects for Quilters and Doll’s House Enthusiasts by Dinah Travis has patterns for every kind of quilter, but you don’t really need a pattern.
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Sustaining herself and her family through ingenuity and art during the Civil War and into Reconstruction, Joanna leaves behind a remarkable artistic legacy that, at last, allows Sylvia to discover the fate of the long-lost quilter.
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That quilter was Joanna, a fugitive slave who traveled by the Underground Railroad to reach safe haven in 1859 at Elm Creek Farm.
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Meyers draws fine lines and traces around them, over and over again, following simple patterns, like a quilter; when her hand strays, making a tiny kink in a straight line, she retraces the jump in subsequent lines.
Painter Seth Adelsberger shakes things up in Civilian Art show 2011
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That quilter was Joanna, a fugitive slave who traveled by the Underground Railroad to reach safe haven in 1859 at Elm Creek Farm.
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I really liked this video/song and I am gray - haired, quilter lady who is 60 years young.
Shabbat Surfing: Triskaidekaphobia « The Blog at 16th and Q 2009
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Sustaining herself and her family through ingenuity and art during the Civil War and into Reconstruction, Joanna leaves behind a remarkable artistic legacy that, at last, allows Sylvia to discover the fate of the long-lost quilter.
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