Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who quilts; one who makes quilting.
  • noun An attachment to sewing-machines for executing quilting upon fabrics.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who, or that which, quilts.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A person whose hobby or profession is making quilts.
  • noun UK A person who uses a hand or machine stitch to decorate a quilt, or to sew together the layers of a quilt.
  • noun US A person who performs the entire process of making a patchwork quilt, whether or not it is decorated with quilting stitches.

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Examples

  • It's not great - for one thing, I'm not thrilled with the word quilter as I am beginning to prefer fibre artist (nothing wrong with quilting, but I do so much that isn't quite quilting, these days), but that was two words!

    Memes and stuff katelnorth 2008

  • One project down, a million to go - but then I'm not the kind of quilter who will ever have everything finished, as I'd just start something else in the meantime!

    Black and white challenge katelnorth 2006

  • One project down, a million to go - but then I'm not the kind of quilter who will ever have everything finished, as I'd just start something else in the meantime!

    Archive 2006-08-01 katelnorth 2006

  • The Miniature Quilt: Over 24 Projects for Quilters and Doll’s House Enthusiasts by Dinah Travis has patterns for every kind of quilter, but you don’t really need a pattern.

    Top 5 Quilting Ideas for “Use What You Have” Month 2008

  • Sustaining herself and her family through ingenuity and art during the Civil War and into Reconstruction, Joanna leaves behind a remarkable artistic legacy that, at last, allows Sylvia to discover the fate of the long-lost quilter.

    BookBrowse Previews April Books 2009

  • That quilter was Joanna, a fugitive slave who traveled by the Underground Railroad to reach safe haven in 1859 at Elm Creek Farm.

    BookBrowse Previews April Books 2009

  • Meyers draws fine lines and traces around them, over and over again, following simple patterns, like a quilter; when her hand strays, making a tiny kink in a straight line, she retraces the jump in subsequent lines.

    Painter Seth Adelsberger shakes things up in Civilian Art show 2011

  • That quilter was Joanna, a fugitive slave who traveled by the Underground Railroad to reach safe haven in 1859 at Elm Creek Farm.

    BookBrowse Previews April Books 2009

  • I really liked this video/song and I am gray - haired, quilter lady who is 60 years young.

    Shabbat Surfing: Triskaidekaphobia « The Blog at 16th and Q 2009

  • Sustaining herself and her family through ingenuity and art during the Civil War and into Reconstruction, Joanna leaves behind a remarkable artistic legacy that, at last, allows Sylvia to discover the fate of the long-lost quilter.

    BookBrowse Previews April Books 2009

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