- present participle of quilt.
quilting
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I catch up with friends’ posts, add a few comments, and get updates from experts on quilting sites I belong to.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 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
Many third- and fourth-generation artists returned to quilting as adults for a creative and therapeutic outlet, as well as a tether to their roots.
From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2024
The girl opened the pine chest by the hearth and removed their quilting.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
The girls getting ready to be married invite their mates to quiltings and serve them with Old Hyson.
From Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance by Coffin, Charles Carleton
Do you still have delightful times at quiltings and huskings?”
From Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance by Coffin, Charles Carleton
She answered quickly: "Yes, but it's awful lonely for me, for I was born in Worcester; still I don't mind as long as we have plenty of quiltings."
From Home Life in Colonial Days by Earle, Alice Morse
So they grew up, and Zebbie often met Pauline at the quiltings and other gatherings at the homes of non-partisans.
From Letters of a Woman Homesteader by Stewart, Elinore Pruitt
"I could wear them to quiltings and to log-rollings and to house-raisings and to shooting matches and to weddings—yes, and to church, too."
From The Red Moccasins A Story by Heady, Morrison
