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Uncover a Colorfully Knitted Quilting Quiz!

Megha Dahake
Is quilt a blanket? No, blanket is solo coat layer that is knit while a quilt is three coats layer that is quilted. Know more about fabrics for quilting, history and type of quilting, in this quiz!
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The term quilt is derived from the Latin 'culcita' connoting a filled sack, whereas it originated from the English linguistic and the French word “cuilte”.
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The hoariest portrayal of quilting was invented in Egypt; it was an ivory figurine of a pharaoh bearing quilted outfit, ca. 3400 BC.
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European settlers carried quilting to America and the first acknowledged quilt prepared in America was from 1704.
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“Quilting Bees” initiated in the midwest United States in the 1800s. The necessity for mingling drew women together to make quilts and find newfangled networks.
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There are three main kinds of quilts: plain, or whole cloth quilts; appliqué quilts; and patchwork quilts.
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A “summer quilt” doesn’t have batting inside, so that the blanket is nimbler and more appropriate for hot weathers.
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Quilting was prevalent in the 1960s, when the counterculture drive motivated folks to move back to their trade origins.
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In Victorian period, to display affluence, elitist women would use classy cloth like velvet or silk, and intensely colored yarn to prepare quilts.
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The most lavish quilt ever traded was a civil war-era piece bought for $254,000 in 1991.
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Quilts made by military warriors were called “convalescent quilts,” as soldiers did quilting job during recovery of an injury in the line of duty.
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Few martial quilts are created by using 25,000 diverse pieces, as fabric was rare on the front lines.
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