bearisgray

I've seen a couple of posts that mentioned "flimsy" or "flimsies"

When I use the word "flimsy" - it usually means light or thin fabric - but that doesn't seem to be the context in which the words have been used

BrendaK

I agree with you. When someone says "flimsy" or "flimsies" I think of something that is about to fall apart. In the case of fabric I think that it's too thin to really work well or something that won't last long. Will be watching to see what other people say. Thanks for posting and asking the question. BrendaK

DebraK

It's the top before it is sandwiched into a quilt

babyboomerquilter

I have never heard of it being used that way, but now I have learned something new.

JenniePenny

Yes, I see that some folks are using the term now for an unquilted top. I still like to call a quilt top a quilt top.

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".

sewgarden

I'm aussie and have never heard of flimsy for a quilt top. We often do call the batting 'wadding' and we also call our pieced tops patchwork and then we do the quilting to join the three layers together

Tweety2911

Learned something new today! Thanks for the definition :-)

nativetexan

what? another new word!! that is like spiders, meaning leaders of fabric scraps going under the needle before your fabric. i'm too old for any more new words. it's hard enough learning as it is.

PaperPrincess

I think it's a geographic thing in the US. In some locations, they call an unquilted top a flimsy.