quilting
Sign in to saveAlso known as quiltmaking
right|thumb|250px|Quilter in Bazaar of Nishapur, [[Iran]] right|thumb|250px|Women of Gee's Bend, Alabama quilting, 2005 thumbnail|Quilted skirt (silk, wool and cotton – 1770–1790), Jacoba de Jonge-collection MoMu, Antwerp / Photo by Hugo Maertens, Bruges.
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Encyclopedic overview
20 sectionsContents
- History
- Early quilting
- American quilts
- African-American quilts
- Amish quilts
- Native American quilts
- Hawaiian quilting
- South Asian quilting
- East Asian quilting
- Swedish quilting
- Art quilting
- Modern quilting
- Quilt blocks
- Quilting techniques
- Quilting tools
- Specialty styles
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
right|thumb|250px|Quilter in Bazaar of Nishapur, [[Iran]] right|thumb|250px|Women of Gee's Bend, Alabama quilting, 2005 thumbnail|Quilted skirt (silk, wool and cotton – 1770–1790), Jacoba de Jonge-collection MoMu, Antwerp / Photo by Hugo Maertens, Bruges.
Quilting is the process of joining a minimum of three layers of fabric together either through stitching manually using a needle and thread, or mechanically with a sewing machine or specialised longarm quilting system. An array of stitches is passed through all layers of the fabric to create a three-dimensional padded surface. The three layers are typically referred to as the top fabric or quilt top, batting or insulating material, and the backing.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “quilting” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.