| Quilt is a bed or a bed cover of three layers with the | | | | Churches and the base color is predominantly black |
| middle one being stuffed and if all three are tied at | | | | which gives other colors a contrasting get-up. |
| regular intervals by thread or yarn, such quilts are | | | | Well, How Do They Make Quilts |
| called as tied quilts. The two outer layers differ in fabric | | | | There is no particular technique for making quilts nor |
| and pattern as one is a plain backline the other is the | | | | are there rigid rules barring safety and hygiene. Still, |
| top. | | | | quilts are normally made in two forms; either by using |
| Quilts, Use Them as You Like | | | | one large sheet of cloth for both top and back lining; or |
| Quilts are most comforting beds or bed covers | | | | using smaller cut pieces, blocks, of cloth usually of |
| particularly suited for cold weathers. People would | | | | different designs and colors by stitching them together. |
| prefer quilt woolen blanket or bed sheets. Generally | | | | Now, the blocks are stitched together to make desired |
| bedding, decorative, armory are the usual domestic | | | | patterns by stitching them edge to edge all over. Some |
| uses. But looking at the patterns and further possibilities, | | | | times strips of cloth are also used in between the |
| you can say there is practically no limit on how and | | | | blocks. This way of making quilts is known as sashing. |
| where you want to use them. | | | | Quilts are then given borders, usually in contrasting |
| You may wonder to know there are quilt artists for | | | | colors, which puts paid to making of quilts. |
| whom quilt making is a full time profession. Quilts are | | | | Some Common Quilt Patterns |
| also used as educational tools which students use for | | | | The blocks, small pieces of cloth and generally |
| making images, patterns. Trekkers like to carry quilts | | | | geometric in shape, may be again made by sewing |
| with them instead of heavier beds for convenience. | | | | together of further smaller cloth pieces. This style is |
| But quilts have a serious side of the story too. There is | | | | pretty popular and is known as patchwork or piecing. |
| an American religion which goes by the name Amish | | | | Other popular styles are Appliques, Embroidery and |
| whose members follow the Mennonite religion. Amish | | | | whole cloth where there is little or no embellishment. |
| people don't believe in being flashy and chauvinistic in | | | | Well, did you know that quilt is also the name of a |
| their worldly affairs and they have carried forward this | | | | computer query languages developed by IBM? |
| philosophy onto quilts too. Their colors are restricted by | | | | |