A patchwork quilt made of pieces of stuff of all kinds in fantastic patterns or without any order.
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Speaker: ... we started doing quiltings and then I started making quilts myself and you-know, I do things like that. Interviewer: Can you tell me a little bit about how you do it? Speaker: Well it just depends if you want a nice ah fancy quilt or a crazy quilt, which- a crazy one has got all kinds of pieces put together. ... Interviewer: We've talked about crazy quilts, quilting-bees. Why were they called crazy? Speaker: Well they used to be c-- all kinds of scraps put in them. And just, you-know- Interviewer: Where did all those scraps come from? Speaker: Well we used to do an awful lot of sewing, making your own clothes and-stuff. |
A patchwork quilt made of pieces of stuff of all kinds in fantastic patterns or without any order. |