patchwork

• This patchwork was made of all sorts of odds and ends—pretty bits of silk and velvet; but the coarse pieces that were not pleasant to touch always predominated. —  Story of My Life
• He stayed to finish his patchwork, as the first attempt did not succeed. —  Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826, Vol. 1 of 2
• The band, whose name White describes as a patchwork of references to other musical groups, plans to tour this year. —  ClickOnDetroit.com - ClickOnDetroit.com News
• There are many attractive shops in Cairo that sell quantities of this gay patchwork, and few tourists leave Egypt without a specimen or two as mementoes of the paintings that give us a glimpse of Egypt's ancient splendour While among the ancient Greeks and Romans all the arts of the needle were held in the greatest esteem, comparatively little attention was paid to the adornment of their sleeping apartments. —  Quilts Their Story and How to Make Them
• It is possible that the great terror of 1793 caused the patient maker to flee from her unfinished task In the countries of northern Europe there is scarcely any record concerning the art of quilting and patchwork, and little can be said beyond the fact that both existed in some form or other. —  Quilts Their Story and How to Make Them

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