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Quilter

Quilter

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A last name that people have
  • proper noun
translation icon : Quilter
  • We are attending a reunion for the Quilter family next weekend in the historic town.
  • Elm Creek Quilter
  • Quilters Society
  • American Quilter

Examples

  • The contributions of the Quilter family to the community have been celebrated for generations.

  • Many families cherish the traditions established by the Quilter family during holiday gatherings.

  • The number of poles and tables you requested on your booth application will be provided by the Quilters' Day Out committee.

    Blog text (8)

  • The Featured Quilter was Carol Brown, and one of the things I liked about her was the fact that she has a huge variety of quilts.

    Blog text (6)

  • Well, that is how I felt as I sat among the 300+ quilters at the Desert Quilters Guild meeting.

    Blog text (2)

  • I took a break from The Great Triangle Piecing Marathon and went to the Northwest Quilters Show in Portland last weekend.

    Blog text (6)

  • Grinter Place Quilters recruits and teaches volunteers to hand quilt.

    Blog text (10)

  • Jeffrey Quilter of Harvard University is leading a project at a tiny sixteenth-century settlement on the northern coast of Peru that he hopes will change that.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Quilters have flocked to Elm Creek Manor to learn from Master Quilter Sylvia Compson and her expert colleagues.

    Blog text (15)

  • One of the most exciting things about being involved with both the American Quilter's Society (AQS) and the Museum of the American Quilter's Society (MASQ) has been understanding the importance of quilting in women's lives.

    Fiction book (1994)

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Quilter is a family name that comes from the old job name quilt, which means 'a warm, stuffed blanket', plus the ending -er, which means 'someone who does something', so it originally meant 'someone who makes quilts'. Today Quilter is used as a family name and often shows that a family member long ago worked as a quilt maker.