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In the eighteenth century both men and women wore quilted clothes, and bedcovers were filled with padding for warmth. Quilting was a necessity on both sides of the Atlantic, but in the new world it also became an artistic and social pastime. Designs for quilting patterns came with immigrants bringing their own traditions, which were then influenced by the new surroundings. Certain patterns were named and repeated in infinite variations across the ...