QUILT COLLECTIVE

A quilt is a multi-layered textile, traditionally composed of three layers of fiber: a woven cloth top, a layer of batting or wadding, and a woven back, combined using the technique of quilting, the process of sewing the three layers together. The pattern of stitching can be the key decorative element if a single piece of fabric is used for the top of a quilt (a “wholecloth quilt”), but in many cases the top is pieced from a patchwork of smaller fabric pieces; and the pattern and color of these pieces will be important to the design.

Quilts disclose valuable historical information about their creators, “visualizing particular segments of history in tangible, textured ways.”[2] In the twenty-first century, quilts are frequently displayed as non-utilitarian works of art[3] but historically quilts were often used as bedcovers; and this use persists today.

In general, quilts are generally described as “mainly patchwork designed patterns with multiple patches sewn together to create an old fashioned real patchwork look, some are designed in more modern designs and patterns. They are lightweight and breathable, with very little to no filling, making it perfect during the spring and summer seasons.”

(In modern English, the word “quilt” can also be used to refer to an unquilted duvet or comforter.)

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