Originally Posted by Lori S
I subscribe to the techincal definition, because it just makes it easier. Quilting is the actual threadwork that combines/joins the layers together. Piecing or piecework is the combining of fabrics or other materials to create an image or design.
So to this ....its not a quilt until layers have been joined/combined with thread.
Its final function is of no consequence.
Ditto. But having said that...in the vernacular once one has pieced a top one is a 'quilter' whether one quilts it or not ;-)