Definition Please
#2
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top is done, but batting and backing have not been added yet. Often we are anxious to share photo of our quilts before they go to the long armers and we call them flimseys. They are not old enough or neglected enough to be called UFO. They are not WIP because our work is done, only the long armers is left to do. Not a perfect definition, but because we are loose with words, it is close.
#4
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In quilting lingo, a flimsy is simple the quilt top only. The term "flimsy" in general contexts has negative connotations (weak, insubstantial, easily damaged, poor, fragile, lame) and for that reason, many people (myself included) shy away from the term. I think the only synonym for 'flimsy" that I think of as positive is "light". A quilt top IS light before it gets sandwiched, but that's not enough to sway me into liking the term. Because, after all that work, I like to believe it's anything but insubstantial, poor, fragile, or lame!
#6
I think it must be a regional thing. I had never heard the term until about a couple of years ago. I have to agree with ckcowl about the impression from the word; I've only heard it when someone was referring to something of inferior quality.
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