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• The community pieced together a quilt using a square stitched in each household.From the entry piece together
• There are a number of crafters around here who make quilts.From the entry crafter
• I used primitive hearts to decorate the quilt.From the entry primitive
• Usually not enough to make an entire project by itself, remnants of several fabrics can be used to make quilts.From the entry remnant
• Your underhand should be entirely under the quilt.From the entry underhand
• I'll make a quilt out of your mother's old shirts.From the entry make out of
• The old woman was surprised when the soldiers stopped to look at her camouflage quilts, since menfolk are rarely interested in needlework.From the entry menfolk
• The uniform jacket is a kind of padded armor called "gambeson." Layers of quilted cloth.2024, Cube Kid [pseudonym; Erik Gunnar Taylor], Diary of an 8-Bit Warrior: Shadow over Aetheria, page 51. From the entry gambeson
• It's easy to source cute hand-stitched quilts online, since they're truly all the rage RN.2023 April 5, Annabel Iwegbue, “Yes, You're Gonna Want to Try Out This Whole "Grandmillennial" Trend”, in Cosmopolitan, archived from the…. From the entry grandmillennial
• The gambeson was a medieval garment of cloth or leather, stuffed and quilted.2016, Rose G. Kretsinger, The Art of Quilting and Designs in America, Read Books Ltd, →ISBN. From the entry habergeon
• His quilted smoking jacket made him look a little like Hugh Hefner's less decrepit brother.2014, Jenn Bennett, Banishing the Dark, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 129. From the entry smoking jacket
• Trim the wallhanging top after it has been quilted to prevent distortion.2009, Edyta Sitar, Friendship Triangles: 15 Beautiful Quilting Projects, page 20. From the entry wallhanging
• The quilted bags were big but the blow dries were bigger.2007 December 7, Hadley Freeman, “Beehives and big bags at Lagerfeld's first London show”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian…. From the entry blow dry
• Because the men did not have uniforms, they presented a crazy quilt array of dress.2005, Bradley M. Gottfried, Kearny's own. From the entry nether-shirt
• Nancy is a quilting instructor and designer, specializing in miniature quilts and Hawaiian appliqué.2002, Cindy Walter, Gail Baker Rowe, Basic Appliqué, →ISBN, page 89. From the entry Hawaiian appliqué
• Its aloneness corners on to mine, is quilted on, like land.2001, Medbh McGuckian, Drawing ballerinas, page 16. From the entry dayful
• I'd taken its one chance away, As I stripped it of its quilt that day.1991, Joe Wayman, If You Promise Not to Tell, Pieces of Learning, →ISBN, page 36. From the entry sentence
• Tammy wears a quilted leather jacket and skirt over leather pants.1966 October 10, SI Staff, “LINEUP FOR LEATHERS”, in Sports Illustrated. From the entry legginglike
• Along the wainscot lie heaps of bolsters and quilts, covered with old-fashioned chintzes.1937, Robert Byron, “Saoma”, in The Road to Oxiana. From the entry vignette
• Flanders whispered, and Rebecca nodded and went to the cot and turned down the quilt, and Mrs.1922 October 26, Virginia Woolf, chapter 1, in Jacob’s Room, Richmond, London: […] Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, →OCLC…. From the entry wedge
• They were threaded with the curved thorns and pallid pinks of dogrose, like untidy stitching on a patchwork quilt.2024, Susie Dent, Guilty By Definition, Zaffre, page 111. From the entry dogrose
• Because it is already unprestigious to stay “vatnyk” (literally — “a jacket quilted with cotton wool” — means “russian follower”).2022 March 14, Olegh Bondarenko, “This will be completely new Ukraine”, in Medium. From the entry vatnyk
• Underneath the clutter, the twin-size mattress was covered with a patchwork quilt and sheets dotted with tiny pink roses.2021, Susannah Nix, Elementary Romantic Calculus, unnumbered page. From the entry cottagecore
• It was a quilted leather tote with tiny skulls-and-crossbones inside each diamond; Sirena's style was definitely impossible to miss.2015, Jen Jones [i.e., Jennifer Lynn Jones], chapter 1, in The New Ashley (Sleepover Girls), North Mankato, Minn.: Capstone Young Readers…. From the entry skull and crossbones
• Lay down the binding on the left, and put a pin in the quilt to mark where it ends.2014, Jennifer Fulton, Quilting, page 194. From the entry put a pin in
• Each quilter was assigned a quilt technique, such as Log Cabin style, Hawaiian applique, paper piecing, and so on.2010, Annie Smith, The Ultimate Applique Guidebook, →ISBN, page 6. From the entry Hawaiian applique
• Amishwomen who sell quilts on consignment through non-Amish outlets will not deal with retail shops that are open on Sundays.1995, Donald B. Kraybill, Steven M. Nolt, Amish Enterprise: From Plows to Profits, The Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 119. From the entry Amishwoman
• I saw crazy quilts of the most brilliant colors of silks, so arranged to look like some great paintery.1988, Theodore Pease Russell, James F. Keefe, Lynn Morrow, A Connecticut Yankee in the frontier Ozarks, page 298. From the entry paintery
• The quilt does the work, not us.1988 February 14, Elizabeth Pincus, quoting Scott Lago, “AIDS Quilt, Still Evolving, Soon To Tour Nationally”, in Gay Community News…. From the entry compassionize
• We’ve bedrooms-ful of woven and quilted spreads, many with coordinating accessories in a wonderful assortment of sizes and colors.1980 January 6, “A real sleeper of a sale, 40% to 70% off bedspreads and accessories”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer, volume 302, number 6…. From the entry bedroomful
• Tank-topped black crepe pajamas come with a reversible quilted coolie jacket — black on one side, striped on the other.1975 March 6, “In Tempo Of The Times, Couture Shows Switch-N-Swap Multiples”, in Circleville Herald, 92nd year, number 55, Circleville…. From the entry tank-topped
• The stateroom panelling is veneered with quilted maple and walnut, and the furniture is in sycamore and walnut.1947 January and February, “South African Royal Train”, in Railway Magazine, page 47. From the entry quilted
• She brought the corner of the quilt over his head like a cowl and pulled it down over his face.1939 April 14, John Steinbeck, chapter 13, in The Grapes of Wrath, New York, N.Y.: The Viking Press, →OCLC, page 145. From the entry cowl
• He made a patchwork quilt of it.1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html)…. From the entry marriage ring
• He'd left the relative warmth of the subway, and an icy breeze knifed up the narrow street and penetrated his thin quilted jacket.2013, Serena Bell, Still So Hot!, page 196. From the entry knife up
• The first armor, flexible chain mail with gambesons (a quilted garment worn under the mail), was far more effective than the later plate mail.2011, Vic Hurley, Arrows Against Steel: The History of the Bow and how it Forever Changed Warfare, Cerberus Books, →ISBN, page 25. From the entry plate mail
• Affronted, Mutt flounced back to the fireplace, pawed the quilt into a pile, and lay down with her back pointedly to Kate.2007, Dana Stabenow, A Deeper Sleep, →ISBN, page 276. From the entry another country heard from
• He fell, in a flutter of quilts and a storm of cuss words totally unfit for a lady's ears, to her feet.2004, Patricia Lucas White, Edwina Parkhurst Spinster. From the entry flutter
• A vast quilt or comforter was heaped beside the bed, in a broad puddle of congealed blood, thick and shiny on the patterned rugs.1984, William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl; book 1), New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 185. From the entry comforter

Meaning of quilt

1. noun A bed covering consisting of two layers of fabric stitched together, with insulation between, often having a decorative design.
2. noun A roll of material with sound-absorbing properties, used in soundproofing.
3. noun A quilted skirt worn by women.

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How do you use quilt in a sentence?

Quilt is used as a noun and verb. For example: “My grandmother is going to sew a quilt.”

What is a short sentence with quilt?

“He made a patchwork quilt of it.”

What does quilt mean?

Quilt means a bed covering consisting of two layers of fabric stitched together, with insulation between, often having a decorative design.