patchwork
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definition
noun
a quilt of patchwork
needlework in which small pieces of cloth in different designs, colors, or textures are sewn together.
example
From the right-hand corner flag they pieced together a 'patchwork' that stretched back across the field and allowed Pires to add the final flourish.
Creative quilting, 'patchwork' and appliqué commence at the end of January.
Somewhere in there, I decided that fabric was not for throwing away and began creating 'patchwork' designs, sometimes piecing quilts.
a quilt of 'patchwork'
Simon's brands work more like a 'patchwork' quilt - each piece delicately overlapping the next - than like a jigsaw puzzle.
A most remarkable lady Lily was a genius at needlework and made the most extraordinary 'patchwork' quilts by hand sewing.
a 'patchwork' of stone walls and green fields
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a piece of 'patchwork'
Learn how to create a cross between a quilt and a pillow using simple 'patchwork' designs.
I am also sampling the 'patchwork' and quilting taster course during Adult Learners' Week.
If nothing else, this is an honest reflection of the screenplay's 'patchwork' texture, where unfortunately all the stitches show.
For the girls, the colours are subtle with rainbow blocks, 'patchwork' , topstitching, embroidery and prints in a variety of style.
specialists in quilting and 'patchwork'
The site where space-age stadiums, rolling green lawns and a meandering brook are planned to appear is today a 'patchwork' of ageing apartment blocks, small businesses, and dusty fields.
The patterns lend themselves well to appliqué, quilting, 'patchwork' , paint, texture, and collage.
Take your large piece of fabric and 'patchwork' square, put them right sides together and neatly sew three sides together leaving a 1/2-inch seam.
Schools and community centres have joined together to produce a huge piece of textile art, inspired by the traditional Bengali 'patchwork' cloth, the kantha.
Mrs Grey is, as I write, curled up on the floor of my study in a nest of 'patchwork' pieces.
Queensland Quilters Inc. is a non-profit organisation, aimed at promoting the art and craft of 'patchwork' and quilting.
Through its 'patchwork' texture of interlocking stories, the text emulates this form of communal realism, and the novel becomes a kind of neighborhood.
Whilst historians are prone to talk of France prior to 1789 as a unified entity, it was in fact a 'patchwork' quilt to which pieces were still being added in the eighteenth century.
Unfortunately, after an accident, she had to give up her career, and she then devoted herself to embroidery, 'patchwork' and quilting, taking City and Guilds courses parts I and II in both.
A 350-metre-long 'patchwork' quilt made of 1,000 cloth pieces is carrying an urgent cultural message to the Chinese.
The craft of 'patchwork' and quilting dates back to ancient times when the prime purpose was warmth and protection, today it is practised internationally and it is as varied and decorative as the individual desires.
Presumably it's a bit easier to staple together a jump-around party record from musical snippets found down the back of the sofa, but some of these 'patchwork' pieces are surprisingly dark.
As early as February, I was surrounded by 'patchwork' fields of brilliant colours that give the area from Ventimiglia to San Remo the name the Riviera of Flowers.
Fred had stitched fine 'patchwork' quilts that covered the beds and hung on the walls of his house.
a 'patchwork' of stone walls and green fields
a 'patchwork' bedspread
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