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    Old 05-15-2012, 03:04 PM
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    I've heard quilt tops referred to here as flimsies...but then I've not spent much time talking with anyone about quilting except here!
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    Old 05-15-2012, 03:13 PM
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    that's a new one on me.
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    Old 05-17-2012, 02:58 AM
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    I never heard the term "spiders". What an idiot I would be if it weren't for this board!!!!
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    Old 05-17-2012, 03:26 AM
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    Cool. I Never know what I'm going to learn here. Thanks
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    Old 05-17-2012, 03:26 AM
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    Originally Posted by Peckish
    I think it's a term that Aussies and/or Brits use for unquilted top. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong. They also use the term "wadding" for "batting".
    Flimsy stories maybe but flimsy tops? not here in Wales and I'm sure not elsewhere here in UK. Patchwork tops here and Batting is wadding and it's a quilt when three layers are quilted! Wonder where flimsy comes from.
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    Old 05-17-2012, 03:49 AM
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    I'm an Aussie and I have never heard anyone call it that. We call it a quilt top. Must admit we say wadding but also say batting.
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    Old 05-17-2012, 04:46 AM
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    I've always used it to refer to fabric that's thin and loosely woven, not suitable for quilts. I've never heard of the quilt top being called flimsy.
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    This is just to wild! My grandmother used to call her nightgown a flimsy!
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    Old 05-17-2012, 05:14 AM
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    instead of just scraps-or spiders-now I use leaders/enders and have a whole basketful of twoseys now to be joined into fourseys for a scrap quilt down the road.....thanks to quiltsville.....
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    Old 05-17-2012, 05:36 AM
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    Originally Posted by Peckish
    I think it's a term that Aussies and/or Brits use for unquilted top. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong. They also use the term "wadding" for "batting".
    Never heard the term used for a quilt top before.
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