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justflyingin 05-15-2012 03:04 PM

I've heard quilt tops referred to here as flimsies...but then I've not spent much time talking with anyone about quilting except here!

DebraK 05-15-2012 03:13 PM

that's a new one on me.

ghquilter53 05-17-2012 02:58 AM

I never heard the term "spiders". What an idiot I would be if it weren't for this board!!!!

jeanneb52 05-17-2012 03:26 AM

Cool. I Never know what I'm going to learn here. Thanks

flamelily 05-17-2012 03:26 AM


Originally Posted by Peckish (Post 5219055)
I think it's a term that Aussies and/or Brits use for unquilted top. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong. They also use the term "wadding" for "batting".

Flimsy stories maybe but flimsy tops? not here in Wales and I'm sure not elsewhere here in UK. Patchwork tops here and Batting is wadding and it's a quilt when three layers are quilted! Wonder where flimsy comes from.

katesnanna 05-17-2012 03:49 AM

I'm an Aussie and I have never heard anyone call it that. We call it a quilt top. Must admit we say wadding but also say batting.

joyce888 05-17-2012 04:46 AM

I've always used it to refer to fabric that's thin and loosely woven, not suitable for quilts. I've never heard of the quilt top being called flimsy.

y.morman 05-17-2012 04:50 AM

This is just to wild! My grandmother used to call her nightgown a flimsy!

Geri B 05-17-2012 05:14 AM

instead of just scraps-or spiders-now I use leaders/enders and have a whole basketful of twoseys now to be joined into fourseys for a scrap quilt down the road.....thanks to quiltsville.....

jitkaau 05-17-2012 05:36 AM


Originally Posted by Peckish (Post 5219055)
I think it's a term that Aussies and/or Brits use for unquilted top. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong. They also use the term "wadding" for "batting".

Never heard the term used for a quilt top before.


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