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Patchwork or "pieced work" is a form of needlework that involves sewing together pieces of fabric into a larger design. [1]

41 relations: Art museum, Banjara, Brocade, Checkerboard, Church (building), Clothing, Collecting, Computer-aided design, Cotton, Crazy quilting, Embroidery, England, Geometric shape, Great Depression, Hawaiian Islands, History of quilting, Jacket, Lead, Longarm quilting, Middle Ages, Motif (textile arts), Museum, Needlework, Pattern, Quilt, Quilting, Ralli quilt, Satin, Seminole, Sewing, Sewing machine, Silk, Skirt, Stained glass, Structure, Textile, Training, United States, Velvet, Victorian era, World War II.

Art museum

An art museum or art gallery is a building or space for the exhibition of art, usually visual art.

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Banjara

The Banjara (also called Gor, Lambadi and Gormati) are a community usually described as nomadic people from the northwestern belt of the Indian subcontinent (from Afghanistan to the state of Rajasthan) but now found in other areas of India also.

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Brocade

Brocade is a class of richly decorative shuttle-woven fabrics, often made in colored silks and with or without gold and silver threads.

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Checkerboard

A checkerboard (American English) or chequerboard (British English; see spelling differences) is a board of chequered pattern on which English draughts (checkers) is played.

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Church (building)

A church building or church house, often simply called a church, is a building used for Christian religious activities, particularly for worship services.

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Clothing

Clothing (also known as clothes and attire) is a collective term for garments, items worn on the body.

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Collecting

The hobby of collecting includes seeking, locating, acquiring, organizing, cataloging, displaying, storing, and maintaining items that are of interest to an individual collector.

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Computer-aided design

Computer-aided design (CAD) is the use of computer systems to aid in the creation, modification, analysis, or optimization of a design.

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Cotton

Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus Gossypium in the mallow family Malvaceae.

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Crazy quilting

The term "crazy quilting" is often used to refer to the textile art of crazy patchwork and is sometimes used interchangeably with that term.

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Embroidery

Embroidery is the craft of decorating fabric or other materials using a needle to apply thread or yarn.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Geometric shape

A geometric shape is the geometric information which remains when location, scale, orientation and reflection are removed from the description of a geometric object.

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Great Depression

The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, beginning in the United States.

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Hawaiian Islands

The Hawaiian Islands (Mokupuni o Hawai‘i) are an archipelago of eight major islands, several atolls, numerous smaller islets, and seamounts in the North Pacific Ocean, extending some from the island of Hawaiokinai in the south to northernmost Kure Atoll.

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History of quilting

Quilting, the stitching together of layers of padding and fabric, may date back as far as ancient Egypt.

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Jacket

A jacket is a mid-stomach–length garment for the upper body.

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Lead

Lead is a chemical element with symbol Pb (from the Latin plumbum) and atomic number 82.

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Longarm quilting

Longarm quilting is the process by which a longarm sewing machine is used to sew together a quilt top, quilt batting and quilt backing into a finished quilt.

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Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages (or Medieval Period) lasted from the 5th to the 15th century.

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Motif (textile arts)

In the textile arts, a motif (also called a block or square) is a smaller element in a much larger work.

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Museum

A museum (plural musea or museums) is an institution that cares for (conserves) a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance.

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Needlework

Needlework is decorative sewing and textile arts handicrafts.

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Pattern

A pattern is a discernible regularity in the world or in a manmade design.

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Quilt

A quilt is a multi-layered textile, traditionally composed of three layers of fiber: a woven cloth top, a layer of batting or wadding, and a woven back, combined using the technique of quilting, the process of sewing the three layers together.

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Quilting

Quilting is the process of sewing two or more layers of fabric together to make a thicker padded material, usually to create a quilt or quilted garment.

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Ralli quilt

Ralli quilts are traditional quilts made by women in the areas of Sindh, Pakistan, western India, and in surrounding areas.

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Satin

Satin is a weave that typically has a glossy surface and a dull back.

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Seminole

The Seminole are a Native American people originally from Florida.

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Sewing

Sewing is the craft of fastening or attaching objects using stitches made with a needle and thread.

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Sewing machine

A sewing machine is a machine used to stitch fabric and other materials together with thread.

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Silk

Silk is a natural protein fiber, some forms of which can be woven into textiles.

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Skirt

A skirt is the lower part of a dress or gown, covering the person from the waist downwards, or a separate outer garment serving this purpose.

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Stained glass

The term stained glass can refer to coloured glass as a material or to works created from it.

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Structure

Structure is an arrangement and organization of interrelated elements in a material object or system, or the object or system so organized.

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Textile

A textile is a flexible material consisting of a network of natural or artificial fibres (yarn or thread).

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Training

Training is teaching, or developing in oneself or others, any skills and knowledge that relate to specific useful competencies.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Velvet

Velvet is a type of woven tufted fabric in which the cut threads are evenly distributed, with a short dense pile, giving it a distinctive soft feel.

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Victorian era

In the history of the United Kingdom, the Victorian era was the period of Queen Victoria's reign, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patchwork

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