Synonyms for quilting
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : kwil-ting |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkwɪl tɪŋ |
Top 10 synonyms for quilting Other synonyms for the word quilting
- adornment
- appliqué
- arabesque
- bargello
- beautify
- braid
- bush
- bushing
- ceil
- color
- crewel
- crochet
- crocheting
- cross-stitch
- darning
- deck
- embroidery
- encrust
- face
- fill
- filler
- filling
- fix up
- garnish
- gild
- gussy up
- incrust
- inner coating
- inner layer
- interline
- knitting
- lace
- lacery
- liner
- needlework
- ornament
- overlay
- packing
- padding
- panel
- pattern
- quilt
- quilting
- reinforce
- sampler
- sewing
- sheath
- sheathing
- spruce up
- stitchery
- stitching
- stuff
- stuffing
- tapestry
- tatting
- tracery
- wad
- wadding
- wainscot
- wainscoting
- wall
- weave pattern
- work
Définition of quilting
Origin :- c.1300, "mattress with soft lining," from Anglo-French quilte, Old French cuilte, coute "quilt, mattress" (12c.), from Latin culcita "mattress, bolster," of unknown origin. Sense of "thick outer bed covering" is first recorded 1590s.
- As in needlework : noun needlepoint
- As in lining : noun interlining
- As in stuffing : noun material used to pad
- As in embroidery : noun fancy stitching
- As in line : verb put covering inside object
- As in embroider : verb add fancy stitching, adornment
- Embroidery may be added to the quilting, and this is often an improvement.
- Extract from : « Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving » by Grace Christie
- I am sure Mother will want my help with her quilting this afternoon.
- Extract from : « A Little Maid of Old Maine » by Alice Turner Curtis
- It was drunk at every spinning-bee, quilting, or other gathering of women.
- Extract from : « Customs and Fashions in Old New England » by Alice Morse Earle
- (b) Quilting, banding, practice for curves and square corners.
- Extract from : « The Making of a Trade School » by Mary Schenck Woolman
- Among the few home occupations that have survived is quilting.
- Extract from : « Quilts » by Marie D. Webster
- The interlining, if the quilting is to be close and elaborate, must be thin.
- Extract from : « Quilts » by Marie D. Webster
- Skill and speed in quilting can be acquired only through much practice.
- Extract from : « Quilts » by Marie D. Webster
- Their armor was imperfect, and more often of quilting than of mail.
- Extract from : « The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 » by Various
- At Tonneins, on the Garonne, they entered a house where a number of girls were quilting.
- Extract from : « Washington Irving » by Charles Dudley Warner
- As soon as she had finished her work, she would take her seat by the quilting frame.
- Extract from : « The Goose Man » by Jacob Wassermann
Antonyms for quilting
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