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What is the Difference between a Quilt and a Comforter... a bit of musing here

I finished the "quilt" I was assembling for my sister. A sheet of my mother's. She died 20 years ago. This is not the first time I've done this for my sister.. The detail on this one wouldn't let me do anything but trace.
It took almost 2 weeks ......with lots of breaks to let my twitch muscles recover. But I got to thinking back when we were kids and FINALLY got rid of those chenille bed coverlets. (They're popular again I hear.... lol)
This was in the early 50's and we got Quilts for our beds. I guess the definition was that they were two pieces of material sandwiching some poly and stitched with a design, that held it all together.
We also had a feather "comforters" made from what had to be taffeta. Now they were awesome,... but long gone.
MY mother never called any of these quilts. She didn't quilt herself. They were comforters.
So I'm assuming, as I muse here, that a quilt besides being a sandwich, also needs some "block" or pattern assembled on one of the surfaces. Or a relative that quilts!

So I had to take a leap of faith with my choice for a backing here. I think it works though!!

looks good. quilts without blocks are called whole cloth quilts.

Very pretty! I think of comforters as really puffy and quilts thinner and flatter.

Great job on the back - it looks like the front out of focus. I like it a lot.

lWhat we called comforters were made with flannel front and back and tied. They were very warm for our cold bedrooms without ANY heat. Sometimes husband said his comforter had frost on it where he breathed on it. No heat in their bedrooms either. We had coal stoves and the fire was banked for the night, resulting with not much heat. And they were in the living room.

A comforter is a quilt on steroids.

As long as you don't call them blankets...

Very pretty, and must be a nice reminder of your mother.

Very nice! I cringe when I think of how we as kids used to pluck the threads out of the chenille spreads Mom had on our beds. A big bald spot here and there.... I don't know how she managed to keep loving all 5 of us :D