Originally Posted by MissBarbQuilts
According to my grandmother (who died at age 98 and made countless quilts in her lifetime), it's called a quilt because it is quilted. If it is tied, it is a comforter.
that's what I have always heard, too. Grew up in a rural area where quilting was the norm and a person was judged by how tiny their sttches were. While I KNOW a tied quilt is still a quilt- in my mind it's a comforter.