Wiktionary
n. 1 (context literally English) A decorative quilt made of pieces of cloth having diverse sizes, colors, and shapes, sewn together either to form a regular pattern or in a deliberately mismatched fashion without a pattern. 2 (context figuratively by extension English) Something having a haphazard or disorganized structure; something composed of seemingly random parts.
WordNet
n. a quilt made by sew patches of different materials together [syn: patchwork]
Wikipedia
A patchwork quilt is a quilt in which the top layer consists of pieces of fabric sewn together to form a design. Originally, this was to make full use of left-over scraps of fabric, but now fabric is often bought specially for a specific design. Fabrics are now often sold in quarter meters (or quarter yards in the U.S.). (A "fat quarter" is one square meter (or one yard by the width of the fabric, typically 42-44") folded into four and cut along the folds, thus giving a relatively square piece of fabric 50 cm on a side, as opposed to buying a quarter of a meter off the roll, resulting in a long thin piece that is only 25 cm wide).
Usage examples of "patchwork quilt".
She proposes to join them together and make one square patchwork quilt, 13x13, but, of course, she will not cut any of the material—.
After wrapping the patchwork quilt with equal care she carried both into the workroom.
He plumped up the pillows and shook out the patchwork quilt, he picked up the Bible from the floor, closed it and laid it on the table.
I moved aside a couple of pillows and the patchwork quilt and perched, uninvited.
There was just a low wooden bed, covered bya patchwork quilt, a carved chest and a shelf for books.
There was room in here for a grandfather clock with a cunning expression, a bureau on which pewter candlesticks and mugs stood, a high fluffy bed with a patchwork quilt more varied and comical than any he had ever seen.
Made from an old patchwork quilt, stuffed with cotton by a wizard's wife, Scraps was brought to life by the wizard's Powder of Life.
The remaining song was merely my impression of an old patchwork quilt Grandma had made many years ago, and that's what I called it—.
His body lay unmoving atop a patchwork quilt, a thick fold of calico clutched between his frozen fingers.
At its foot was a bracket with a tiny red light The bed was of fancifully wrought brass, covered with an intricate green-and-white patchwork quilt in the classic Hawaiian style that had been Malama's wedding present.