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patch⋅work

  [pach-wurk]
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–noun
1. something made up of an incongruous variety of pieces or parts; hodgepodge: a patchwork of verse forms.
2. work made of pieces of cloth or leather of various colors or shapes sewed together, used esp. for covering quilts, cushions, etc.
–adjective
3. resembling a patchwork, esp. in being makeshift, irregular, or improvised: a patchwork policy of dispensing foreign aid.
–verb (used with object)
4. to make as patchwork: She specializes in patchworking skirts.
5. to assemble or connect in making patchwork: to patchwork neckties into bedspreads.
Origin:
1685–95; patch 1 + work

Related forms:
patchworky, adjective

Synonyms:
1. medley, jumble, mélange.
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n.  

  1. Needlework consisting of varicolored patches of material sewn together, as in a quilt.

  2. A collection of miscellaneous or incongruous parts; a jumble.

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patchwork

the process of joining strips, squares, triangles, hexagons, or other shaped pieces of fabric (also called patches), by either hand or machine stitching, into square blocks or other units. It is one of the primary construction techniques of quilting and is often combined with applique. In constructing the quilt top the pieced blocks may be stitched together, alternated with blocks cut from a single fabric, or separated by long strips of fabric known as sashing. The blocks may be arranged in a wide variety of settings, including rotated 90 degrees "on point." Pieced or plain border strips are often added to complete the quilt top. In the crazy quilt the patches are of irregular size and shape; like crazy blocks, string-pieced blocks, formed of strips of fabric, are sewn to a fabric or paper foundation

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