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quilter

quilter

3 3.7
A person who makes quilts by sewing pieces of fabric together
  • noun
  • /ˈkwɪltər/
translation icon : quilter
  • She's one of the best quilters around.
  • an avid quilter
  • a master quilter
  • many quilters

Examples

  • A lot of quilters seem to have a sense of community and of contributing to that community.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • However, as Grama likes to remind us, a person who sews just makes scraps, whereas quilters use them.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • I'm not a modern quilter, although I love the fresh new look.

    Blog text (28)
  • Each block is designed to teach the quilter a distinct and increasingly difficult lesson.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Being a quilter seems to be a very important part of many women's identity.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Grama explained that every quilter had been given identical sets of four different fabrics.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Caryl Bryer Fallert has been another extraordinary quilter to work with, someone very interested in color.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Well, that is how I felt as I sat among the 300+ quilters at the Desert Quilters Guild meeting.

    Blog text (2)
  • What is unusual is that most of her cloth sales are to quilters in the Eastern United States at quilting conventions and exhibitions.

    Academic text (2006)
  • The event will feature the store's quilters demonstrating how to make handcrafted quilts.

Synonyms

crafter
vsquilter
13 3.7

A person who makes useful or decorative things by hand

specializes in producing layered bed cover from sewn fabric pieces not general craftwork
stitcher
vsquilter
1 3.4

A person or machine that sews pieces of cloth together

focuses on assembling layered bed cover with patterned fabric pieces rather than generic sewing work
piecer
vsquilter
8.4

A person who sews fabric pieces together to make quilts or patchwork

focuses on producing finished layered bed cover from sewn fabric pieces
needleworker
vsquilter
5.1

A person who sews or embroiders by hand

specializes in making layered bed cover from sewn fabric pieces rather than general hand sewing

Surface Forms

quilter singular
quilters plural

Morphology

quilter = quilt (transparent) = quilt + er

The word clearly means a person who quilts, which is a regular agent noun formation with '-er'.

Etymology

Quilter comes from quilt, which itself comes from the Latin culcita meaning 'cushion'. The ending -er means a person who does something, so a quilter is someone who makes quilts.