well, my family always called a quilted sandwich a quilt and a tied sandwich was a comforter. it was a matter of definition, a clarification of which thing you were talking about, not a denegration of either product... often the comforters had quilts inside of them as it was a way to reuse what was worn out but still warm...new back, new front and tie them, as you certainly couldn't quilt thru all those layers... that's why some of those old comforters on our grandmothers' beds weighed a ton and were super warm.... it's not an argument, just a discussion...