quilt
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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
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 don’t know what to call the music I’m making because it’s such a sonic quilt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026
There was a quilt on the porch swing.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
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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
Patriotic 20th-century snapshots; souvenirs from the 1876 centennial; numerous depictions of Washington; flags; eagles and more join quilts, historical documents, paintings, toys and other works from 1776 to the present.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 8, 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
These tours are all about gardens, works of art that mesh unusual flowers, shrubs and trees into elaborate quilts of fragrance, comfort and color.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2025
After consulting the horizon on all four sides, she tore what was left of her quilts into several strips and resolved to polish the banister poles at a later time.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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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
Domingo arrives in the club’s lush courtyard garden sporting an olive-colored quilted Moncler padded shirt jacket over black bib Carhartt overalls and a black Valentino T-shirt, with a red neckerchief.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 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
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
She quilted it together from her old cotton saris, and even some that had been worn by my great-grandmother.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
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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
Pick up fabric at quilting shops or yarn at artisan fiber stores with rentable weaving looms.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 25, 2023
Knitting supplies were mixed with quilting supplies, a scissors display was smack in the middle of a rack of corduroy, and the aisles turned and twisted rather than running in straight lines.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
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