- present participle of quilt.
quilting
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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
Repurposing fabric — from tattered blankets, frayed rags, stained clothes — is a central ethos of the community’s quilting practice, which resists commodification.
From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2024
“But with my quilting, I think I’d set the war effort back a few Liberty Bonds.”
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
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 Elinore Pruitt Stewart
Never had such a sight been seen For forty years on the village green, Since old John Burns was a country beau, And went to the "quiltings" long ago.
From Complete Poetical Works by Bret Harte
No more huskings or quiltings, or apple cuts, or raisings or "bees" of any sort.
From My Boyhood by John Burroughs
It was here that velvets were first made about 1756, by Jeremiah Clarke, and muslins and cotton quiltings in 1763.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various
Quiltings I heard mother say she went to a lot of quiltings.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 7 by Work Projects Administration
