About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 39. Chapters: Blankets, Linen industry in Ireland, Quilt, Towel, Milne Barbour, Upperlands, Bessbrook, Electric blanket, Horse blanket, William McCrum, Hudson's Bay point blanket, Patchwork quilt, Sion Mills, Photo blanket, Saddle blanket, Ivan Ewart, Duvet, Thomas Sinton, Mullavilly-Laurelvale, Rushnyk, Space blanket, Bed sheet, Silk comforter, Sir Thomas Dixon, 2nd Baronet, Irish linen, Maynard Sinton, Tablecloth, Living Linen, Marion Greeves, Draw sheet, Thomas Ferguson & Co Ltd, Napkin, Henry Mulholland, 2nd Baron Dunleath, Button blanket, Placemat, Doily, John Grubb Richardson, Fire blanket, Glass cloth, Manuterge, Floorcloth, Foot towel, Washing mitt, John Mulholland, 1st Baron Dunleath, Afghan, Dishcloth, Linenopolis, Irish Linen Guild, Anti-suicide blanket, Pierzyna. Excerpt: A quilt is a type of bed cover, traditionally composed of three layers of fiber: a woven cloth top, a layer of batting or wadding and a woven back, combined using the technique of quilting. "Quilting" refers to the technique of joining at least two fabric layers by stitches or ties. In most cases, two fabric layers surround a middle layer of batting (cotton, polyester, silk, wool or combinations of fibers) which is a lighter, insulating layer. Batting is often referred to as "wadding" in Britain. Some modern quilts are made with an upper fabric layer, quilted to a layer of microfleece, perhaps without a fabric backing. The most decorative fabric surface is called the "top," and is the design focus. A single piece of fabric (a "wholecloth quilt") may be used as the top, or the top may be "pieced" from smaller fabric pieces. Sewing together smaller pieces of fabric into a larger patchwork "block" of fabric creates the basic unit. The "patchwork" of the top is typically made of a series of blocks (all identical, or of diverse design), which are made seq...
