Flimsy?
02-27-2014, 04:07 AM
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I too have been 'confused' when someone said they made a 'flimsy' because I too consider something flimsy to be - insubstantial .... so questioned this a few months ago---evidently that is what some people have decided to call their quilt tops- before they are sandwiched and quilted...I don't get it, why such a negative term would be tagged onto a wonderful quilt top- but I guess that's what some think is the appropriate term for their tops.
02-27-2014, 04:45 AM
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A flimsy is an unquilted quilt top. Termed as such because compared to the completed, layered, quilted quilt the top is quite flimsy in comparison.
Edited to add that by dictionary terms it is quite fitting. Until the top is quilted it can't be used so hence "ineffective". Washing an unquilted top is flirting with disaster, you may take a tangled mess of strips and threads out of your washer so it is ill advised, hence the definition of weak, without material strength is also quite appropriate. Also think of how flexible an unquilted top is. It really is quite flimsy in structure like a thin kind of paper.
I think the term flimsy is quite applicable for an unfinished top. It is not meant in a derogatory sense but in the literal.
Edited to add that by dictionary terms it is quite fitting. Until the top is quilted it can't be used so hence "ineffective". Washing an unquilted top is flirting with disaster, you may take a tangled mess of strips and threads out of your washer so it is ill advised, hence the definition of weak, without material strength is also quite appropriate. Also think of how flexible an unquilted top is. It really is quite flimsy in structure like a thin kind of paper.
I think the term flimsy is quite applicable for an unfinished top. It is not meant in a derogatory sense but in the literal.
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02-27-2014, 05:32 AM
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And Quilters Language .... really evolves! 
ITA with the above, that our Quilt FLIMSY, really does make sense for the regular definition of flimsy. After all, an unquilted quilt top is quite weak, inadequate and without strength or solidity.
When you are confused with "quilter's language" ... here's a good reference listing, including the oft used FART!
http://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f1...s-t178507.html
ITA with the above, that our Quilt FLIMSY, really does make sense for the regular definition of flimsy. After all, an unquilted quilt top is quite weak, inadequate and without strength or solidity.
When you are confused with "quilter's language" ... here's a good reference listing, including the oft used FART!
http://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f1...s-t178507.html
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