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title: "Quilting"
description: "Quilting is sewing two or more layers of fabric together, usually with a padding between them, in lines or patterns of stitches."
type: Glossary
url: https://teazle.art/glossary/quilting
published: 2026-10-14
updated: 2026-10-14
author: "The Teazle editors"
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# Quilting

*Quilting is sewing two or more layers of fabric together, usually with a padding between them, in lines or patterns of stitches.*

A quilt sandwich has a top, a filling of wadding and a backing, held together by quilting stitches that also make a pattern. Quilted garments, from medieval padded jackets to eighteenth-century silk petticoats, were warm and decorative.


## Sources

1. [Quilting (AAT 300053656)](http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300053656). Getty Art & Architecture Thesaurus
2. [Quilting (Q1920065)](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1920065). Wikidata

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