Definition Please
#11
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I thought it was a term used in UK much like many other terms vary from terms used in US. I don't use the term but have no objection to its use. I attach no negative connotation to it-it refers to finished top but unfinished as a quilt.
#12
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I also think this is the British term for "quilt top". No negative connotations implied. It's like "wadding", the British term for batting.
My dh lived in the UK for over 20 years and still calls the trunk of the car the "boot". He also uses the term "petrol" for gasoline.
My dh lived in the UK for over 20 years and still calls the trunk of the car the "boot". He also uses the term "petrol" for gasoline.
#15
I agree with Joyce888 and sewbizgirl I had not heard the term until recently and did take awhile to learn what they were talking about again in quilting it is all a personal thing but I put a lot of work into my quilt tops I do not want to call them anything else so when I show them I will say this is a quilt top that I recently finished but maybe it is our location too anyway my opinion
#17
I also think this is the British term for "quilt top". No negative connotations implied. It's like "wadding", the British term for batting.
My dh lived in the UK for over 20 years and still calls the trunk of the car the "boot". He also uses the term "petrol" for gasoline.
My dh lived in the UK for over 20 years and still calls the trunk of the car the "boot". He also uses the term "petrol" for gasoline.
#20
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Location: Central Wisconsin
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I think a lot of you have to get over your cringing from the word "flimsy". It doesn't mean inferior in this use. It is just the finished top before it has batt and backing and binding. When compared to a finished quilt, it IS flimsy.
A lot of words have different meanings in different situations. And we can learn from all of it.
A lot of words have different meanings in different situations. And we can learn from all of it.
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