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Quilting

Quilting is a method of sewing two layers of cloth with a layer of insulating batting in between. A bed covering or similar large rectangular piece of quilting work is called a quilt.

Table of contents
1 History
2 Practice
3 Tivaevae

History

Practice

Social aspects

Tivaevae

A separate and distinct art form practised in the
Pacific, especially the Cook Islands, is tivaevae, with many of the social and value aspects of quilting.