quilter
- noun
- /ˈkwɪltər/
- She's one of the best quilters around.
- an avid quilter
- a master quilter
- many quilters
Examples
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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
A person who makes useful or decorative things by hand
A person or machine that sews pieces of cloth together
A person who sews fabric pieces together to make quilts or patchwork
A person who sews or embroiders by hand
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.