Way back in history the settlers would make "quilts" as they were called. It was fabric, maybe pieces, maybe not, but, they were not even quilted as they had no machines. They were tied.
Well, that being said, a quilt is a quilt if you take a sew pieces, or anything like that, and machine quilt it or tie it, or any combo.
Some even argue that a quilt that is tied is not a quilt. That is not true either