Flimsy?
#12
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Pacific NW
Posts: 9,585
I think the term "flimsy" came from either Across The Pond or Down Under. "Wadding" is another unfamiliar term, used in place of "batting". And I've also heard "wagga" or "wagga quilt". I'm still not sure what that one means.
With the proliferation of quilting blogs that are from around the world, we are definitely being exposed to new terms and ideas!
With the proliferation of quilting blogs that are from around the world, we are definitely being exposed to new terms and ideas!
#13
A wagga is an Australian utility quilt/rug:
http://www.collectionsaustralia.net/nqr/wendy.php
I love learning about quilts, quilting terms, and quilters from around the world!
http://www.collectionsaustralia.net/nqr/wendy.php
I love learning about quilts, quilting terms, and quilters from around the world!
#16
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Chapel Hill NC
Posts: 322
Me too! Thats what my dad always called it. Once I went to buy a fridge and asked for an ice box and the guy looked at me like I was nuts. He said " we have refrigerators with a motor"
#18
My husband and I were talking about this the other day: we still "dial" a phone, though there is no dial; "roll down" a car window, though there is no crank (or even further back, no isenglass); "type" a paper with no typewriter...
#20
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 2,061
Boy do I have flimsys!! My daughter is quilting them for me and I am so happy about that, otherwise when I am gone the rest of the family would either have to send them out to be quilted or donate them to some group for charity. I am SO HAPPY to see some of them finished!
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