| 单词 | patchwork quilt |
| 例句 | She in her pink dress and me in my green suit, the two of us looking like a giant patchwork quilt. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Zella has made it cozy with two rocking chairs, a patchwork quilt on the bed, colorful posters, and bright copper pots at the fireplace. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I see a blue patchwork quilt under my head and wince as I tilt my head to see where the water sound is coming from. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Harriet went to live in his cabin, taking with her her one beautiful possession, the patchwork quilt. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z A patchwork quilt of green and brown fields surrounded a huge barn and a slightly smaller house. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Through a blur of tears Nat saw a narrow bed with a patchwork quilt, a washstand with a bowl and pitcher, a small table, and a chair. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z When we are done, the great room is decorated with piggy banks and patchwork quilts, stacks of children’s books, a lamp shaped like an owl. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Dora’s girls were making him a patchwork quilt, a beautiful thing of silk. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m like a bizarre patchwork quilt of skin. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Mary had made the dress herself, when Laura thought she was sewing on her patchwork quilt. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The attic and the cellar were full of good things once more, and Laura and Mary had started to make patchwork quilts. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Hagrid’s cabin comprised a single room, in one corner of which was a gigantic bed covered in a patchwork quilt. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The lighter patchwork quilts were hung over the clothesline, and we set to heating them with all our might. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Hams and pheasants were hanging from the ceiling, a copper kettle was boiling on the open fire, and in the corner stood a massive bed with a patchwork quilt over it. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z There’s a green patchwork quilt on the bed. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Some of her pieces are patchwork quilts, in inventive designs. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She gave her the patchwork quilt, the only beautiful object she had ever owned. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Each member of the family in his own cell of consciousness, each making his own patchwork quilt of reality—collecting fragments of experience here, pieces of information there. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The road which passed the cabin lay like a thread dropped on a patchwork quilt. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “How many of you have a patchwork quilt that your mama or your grandmama sewed herself?” she asked. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He lighted the shank of candle in the japanned candlestick and regarded the bed—as spineless as a hammock and covered with a dirty patchwork quilt, the cotton batting spilling from the edges. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The walls are a patchwork quilt of corrugated metal sheets painted bright colors. Debbie Tucker Green's ‘Generations’ at Soho Rep 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z Her patchwork quilt of a book interweaves occasional New Age banalities with real insight to achieve a somehow pleasing totality. ‘The Good Death,’ ‘When Breath Becomes Air’ and More 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z Included are patchwork quilts, woven bags and notecards; proceeds will benefit literacy and other programs for the craftswomen, sponsored in Egypt by the Association for the Protection of the Environment. Spare Times for Nov. 25-Dec. 1 2011-11-24T20:02:45Z In paintings such as “The Plaid Couch,” the local artist repeats variations on the same image in triangles or squares, as if stitching a patchwork quilt. In the galleries: Summer colors brighten Neptune Fine Art “You become this strange patchwork quilt family when you’re on the road,” Williams said. Singer Joy Williams gets acting bug after Showtime role 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z His painting “Inventory of Everything” resembles a patchwork quilt, and thus it ventures close to Packard’s method. In the galleries: ‘Strictly Painting’ is anything but 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z Instead, a wry and wistful patchwork quilt of a theatrical experience, it captures Thomas's dark, bleak and often very funny vision of the world as he saw it. This week's new theatre 2011-08-05T23:09:29Z Commercial pickers, I was quickly learning, don’t think highly of the patchwork quilt of rules that’s been stitched together to regulate their work. Don’t shoot me! I’m just picking mushrooms! 2013-09-08T13:30:00Z Back then, the look was quite literal, marked by a casual, affordable assembly of mismatched Moroccan lanterns, patchwork quilts and mattresses placed cozily on top of layered varicolored rugs. A small word of advice on boho’s big revival: Use restraint 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z They evoke homemade creations like patchwork quilts and curtains as much as the post-minimalism of Eva Hesse and Robert Morris, and even Claes Oldenburg’s replicas of ordinary objects. New York Art Galleries: The Virtual Experience 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z She says she realized the potential of fabric in 1911, when she made a patchwork quilt for her newborn son and saw that it evoked the abstract patterns of cubist art. Art in motion: Sonia Delaunay textiles on view 2011-03-18T13:01:03Z Arranged in the topsy-turvy manner of a patchwork quilt, these elements fill the page and push forward with an energy that is both modern and primal. Nellie Mae Rowe Breaks Down the Wall Between Insider and Outsider Art 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Every year for almost the past 30, Shaluta has traveled the state to photograph its patchwork quilt of foliage. The West Virginia foliage report: A day with a photographer and a forester Crosby’s work evokes scrapbooks or patchwork quilts that synthesize her Nigerian and American cultures through layers of visual signifiers, historical references and personal memories. Njideka Akunyili Crosby Wants to Take it Slow, Despite Her Rapid Rise 2023-05-21T04:00:00Z The various overlooks along this route afford expansive views of the canyon spread below like a patchwork quilt--its yellows, oranges, and reds briefly interrupted by evergreen pines. Alabama's Mountain Country 2010-04-21T15:04:00Z But like all things, the neighborhoods that make up the great London patchwork quilt are ephemeral, especially now, as the immigrant communities of London wonder what the post-Brexit future will bring. London, South of the River (Before ‘Brexit’) 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z Its apparent fragility is not a mirage, as evidenced by the ladders, the 149 tunnels, and the holes in the mesh panels that make long stretches of the fence look like a patchwork quilt. Border fence’s devastating toll 2012-09-18T22:00:00Z Instead, he lamented good-naturedly the other day, his life appears to be “a patchwork quilt of bizarre, disparate obsessions.” Bill Pullman Keeps His Passions Out Front 2013-01-01T23:42:34Z The effect is that of a vivid patchwork quilt, surrounding a work of “calligraffiti” featuring poems written by young local poets. Art takes hold in one of downtown’s last gritty spaces — but only for a while 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z But it’s a somewhat disappointing theory, a patchwork quilt rather than a fine, seamless garment. Books of The Times: Many Kinds of Universes, and None Require God 2010-09-07T17:30:00Z Well, in the sense that anything, in any fabric, might be of a piece in a patchwork quilt. Review: In ‘Duat,’ the Here and Now and the Hereafter 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z You may find yourself feeling a bit the way you do looking from the window of an airplane, when fragmented landscapes acquire the symmetry of a patchwork quilt. Theater Review: Mary McCann in ‘Harper Regan’ at Atlantic Theater Company 2012-10-11T02:00:00Z This ambitious book is a patchwork quilt of oral histories, photographs, hymns, newspaper accounts, fresh interviews and, foremost, poetry that takes the temperature of race relations in 1969. Books of The Times: Poems of Pain, the Raw and the Remembered 2011-02-09T23:57:30Z Children can learn how to make candles, preserve food and begin a patchwork quilt; watch flax spun into thread; and sample traditional treats made over an open fire. Spare Times: For Children, for Nov. 25-Dec. 1 2011-11-24T20:05:50Z Jane Austen never finished her manuscript for “Sanditon,” so this is part adaptation, part patchwork quilt. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z This tuneful, thin-skinned production, which opened on Monday night at Ars Nova with the subtitle “Sky-Pony’s Rock Fairy Tale,” often feels as cozy as the giant patchwork quilt that canopies its runway of a set. Review: In ‘The Wildness,’ Defenses Against Adulthood 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z Such is the well-preserved time warp these crusty-looking dudes and their patchwork quilt of kaleidoscopic transmissions evoke. Pitchfork Day 1 wrap-up: Feist, Japandroids, Big K.R.I.T., rain 2012-07-14T05:09:00Z "Eighty-three per cent of Shropshire is still given over to agriculture," boomed Balding approvingly, as the camera swooned over a patchwork quilt of thick greens and lustrous summer yellows. TV Review: Britain By Bike and Baby Beauty Queens 2010-07-28T07:00:00Z In it, she recalls a country butcher’s mother, who would hoard patches of colored cloth, saving them for patchwork quilts. At age 101, this woman released her first collection of poems 2019-07-28T04:00:00Z It's a patchwork quilt of dry stone walls and sweet green meadows. TV review: U Be Dead and The Yorkshire Dales On Film 2010-09-06T05:45:00Z The best new American cars are a patchwork quilt of technology, styling and proportion. Five Great American Cars 2011-10-20T19:11:24Z In Los Angeles, a teen’s middle school project commemorating her city’s fallen through a patchwork quilt now includes the names of hundreds more from around the world. COVID-19 memorial creators reflect as world nears 5M deaths 2021-10-30T04:00:00Z She always said the turning point was making a patchwork quilt for her infant son. Judy Chicago on Rescuing Women From Art History’s Sidelines 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z I brought it to my daughter’s bed, where my kids waited on a patchwork quilt stitched with frogs, cats and sad bears. The Enduring Wisdom of ‘Goodnight Moon’ 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z The barn was a beauty, with a broad, sheltering roof atop a facade decorated with a cheerful patchwork quilt design. Journeys: In Iowa, Working to Save Historic Barns 2012-06-01T19:11:06Z She died 20 years later, comforted by her deep faith and her patchwork quilts. Is It Time for an Enid Collins Revival? 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z Clad in a patchwork quilt and talking agitatedly to himself, he stops at an antique shop in which he spies a chess set. Review: ‘The Dark Horse’ Dramatizes the Tale of a Chess Coach 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z A few more like this – covering Ohio in the 1970s, say, or Wyoming in the 1900s – and their work will be complete: nothing less than a patchwork quilt of America. The Coen brothers: the cartographers of cinema 2011-01-27T18:29:31Z From the edge of the centuries-old hilltop town, the Italian countryside was laid out before us like a verdant patchwork quilt stitched together by dirt roads. The Italian Winemakers’ Cult 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z I waded knee deep through the patchwork quilt of yellow, orange, pink and red blanketing the peaks and curves. Pursuits: Chasing Elusive Flowers in South Africa 2014-04-23T16:27:31Z A baby’s patchwork quilt that Delaunay, inspired by peasant textiles from her Ukrainian childhood, pieced together from disparate fabrics in 1911 was another turning point. The Week Ahead: Mar. 13 ? 19 2011-03-11T15:34:45Z The result is a patchwork quilt of a crazy, colorful life–and in some ways, it works. 'Whitney' Recap: Love, Drugs, and Bobby Brown's Side of the Story 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z The piece also goes well with the Missoni patchwork quilt, made of cotton triangles printed with orange, pink and purple stripes, that covers the bed itself. Inside Rosita Missoni’s Villa at the Foot of the Italian Alps 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z Given the album’s frank political message and the loosening of genre standards of late, one could imagine “A Seat at the Table” existing as an ambient, spoken-word album or a patchwork quilt of found sounds. Solange Knowles’s Album of Black Life in America 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z While it is a cliche to say the rolling topography of the Yorkshire Dales looks like a patchwork quilt, this production ingeniously presents a patchwork quilt that resembles the Yorkshire Dales. A Blood Wedding in Wensleydale 2010-10-05T20:29:00Z Included are patchwork quilts, woven bags and note cards; proceeds will benefit literacy and other programs for the craftswomen, sponsored in Egypt by the Association for the Protection of the Environment. Spare Times for Dec. 2-8 2011-12-01T22:14:03Z Children can learn how to make a patchwork quilt, watch wool spun into thread and sample traditional treats made over an open fire. Spare Times for Children, for Nov. 23-29 2012-11-22T20:56:47Z For Michael, it’s the patchwork quilt sewed by his mom, Debbie, while she was in prison. ‘Worn Stories’ Treats Clothing as the Fabric of Memory. I Can Relate. 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z The pledge itself is more of a patchwork quilt. The short pledge we recite has a long story 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z To me it's a sort of patchwork quilt of different characters and aspects of human nature. Audio advent calendar: Villagers playlist 2010-12-09T13:56:00Z In his dozens of lithographic likenesses of hometown friends — he likened the series to a patchwork quilt — the sitters, accompanied by conversational quotations, look casually but distinctly regal. 10 Galleries to Visit Now on the Lower East Side 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z Sir Wyn Williams said schemes set up to compensate sub-postmasters wrongly accused of crimes was a "patchwork quilt with some holes in it". Post Office scandal: Compensation scheme has some holes, says inquiry 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z There is no U.S. national public health operational capability — practically all of it is in a patchwork quilt of states and localities, an anachronism from an earlier age. Opinion | A closer look at the U.S. pandemic response reached an unsettling conclusion 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z When the Rev. Jesse Jackson was running for president as a Democrat in 1984 and invoked a multicolored patchwork quilt to symbolize his Rainbow Coalition, Mr. Russell countered that Republicans had their own quilt. Mark Russell, political satirist with a star-spangled piano, dies at 90 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z A patchwork quilt inspired by key moments in the lives of the LGBTQ+ community has been created over a 12-year period. Norfolk Makers Festival: Sew Gay quilt inspired by LGBTQ+ moments 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z The ordinance would effectively, it found, “create a ‘patchwork quilt’ of firearms laws in Oregon, where firearms regulations that applied in some counties would not apply in Columbia County,” something lawmakers specifically wanted to avoid. 2nd Amendment sanctuary measure overturned in Oregon 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z The ordinance would, it found, “effectively, create a ‘patchwork quilt’ of firearms laws in Oregon, where firearms regulations that applied in some counties would not apply in Columbia County,” something lawmakers specifically wanted to avoid. 2nd Amendment sanctuary measure overturned in Oregon 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z “It’s still a patchwork quilt,” he said of the nation’s ability to measure methane emissions. Difficulty measuring methane slows plan to slash emissions 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z That’s in the history of patchwork quilts: You take what you have, you don’t discard. Artist Sanford Biggers on conjuring a deity and that time he met Prince 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z These and various other activities constitute the patchwork quilt that is U.S. foreign policy. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z His loaded Kimber 9mm pistol was tucked as usual into his waistband as he drove through the mountains across a patchwork quilt of different land types. New York gun bans alarm residents of upstate bear country 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z Old barns, pottery collections, knotty pine kitchens and patchwork quilts fill the pages, highlighting real homes furnished over many decades. Home and Design Q&A: Kathleen Hackett on how to get that cottage look 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z Some people learned an instrument or a language during lockdown, but A$AP Rocky evidently got around to making one of those patchwork quilts your auntie Monica was always so good at. Met Gala: 13 of the most eye-catching looks 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z In real life, the normative and factual beliefs we hold are a patchwork quilt. My Sister Won’t Accept My Same-Sex Partner. What Should I Do? 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z And everywhere in this three-acre wonderland there are flats and flats of succulents, in so many colors and shapes they look like patchwork quilts laid out on the tables. Need some serious plant therapy? The Cactus Ranch will see you, but only on weekends 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z “It’s like a patchwork quilt,” said Ms. Morrison, who decided after the failed PrepMod trial that her county would try something else. Faulty Software Snarls Vaccine Sign-Ups 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z Mr Walkden said the wind had caused the fire to "jump" creating a "patchwork quilt affect" of damage. Firefighters tackled large wildfire near Cogra Moss reservoir 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z Rather than those little multihued flakes, the snack version is formed into a wafer that looks like a colorful patchwork quilt. Review | ‘Cereal snacks’ are just bigger cereal for people too lazy to add milk 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z And at Kiva Motnyk’s Thompson Street Studio in New York City, there’s a patchwork quilt fashioned from over 200 pieces in an array of blues, creams and whites. Quilt artists create textiles to admire or cozy up with 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z A museum highlight is a colorful patchwork quilt that a group of Jewish women in Canton, Mississippi, made in 1885 to raise funds to build a synagogue there. From matzo to gumbo: Museum explores Southern Jewish life 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z “We are 50 different states with a patchwork quilt of regulations and different perspectives on privacy and security,” Grannis added. CDC call for data on vaccine recipients raises alarm over privacy 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z Other governors have likewise relied on local and county officials to tackle the crisis, creating a patchwork quilt of restrictions around the country. As virus cases surge, elected officials resist restrictions 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z It is incumbent on the winner of the election to delve deeply into the social, economic and disparity issues that are pulling at the seams of the patchwork quilt that is our nation. Opinion | Whoever wins the presidential election should listen to all Americans 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z Work plundered from all the above researchers has been stitched together by QAnon into a weird, sprawling patchwork quilt of conspiracies. Making sense of QAnon: What lies behind the conspiracy theory that's eating America? 2020-08-30T04:00:00Z As temporary protections are falling away, like a patchwork quilt slowly fraying, hundreds of evictions are already under way in states like Missouri, Virginia and Texas. Why US is expecting an 'avalanche' of evictions 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z From there, says Newman, who edited the remake, “it was a matter of stitching it together, like a large Jaws patchwork quilt.” Bathtubs, fake blood and savaged Barbies: how a global army of ‘finatics’ recreated Jaws 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z “The broad language of this bill allows each state to define the standards of liability. ... We can’t base a federal protection on a patchwork quilt of state laws,” Lee said. U.S. Senate committee approves anti-child porn bill after addressing Google, Facebook encryption concerns 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z But the reclaimed mines remained, transforming previously uninhabitable mountains into something of a topographical patchwork quilt: long, thin ridges of stone and hardwood trees interrupted by sloping grassy plateaus. Elk Return to Kentucky, Bringing Economic Life 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z “It will be a patchwork quilt across the country because some areas are able to sell much more effectively than others,” Manley told analysts. The magic word for Detroit automakers is trucks 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z Post audio producer Rennie Svirnovskiy and I interviewed a range of people about death in the time of a pandemic and found a surprising patchwork quilt of grief. Perspective | Amid the pandemic, stories of grief upended 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z In his down time, he is taking up a DIY challenge to make a patchwork quilt based on a dress he made during the filming of Next in Fashion, using other designers’ leftover scraps. DIY fashion: designers' tips on what to make from home 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z But this crazy patchwork quilt of authority is proving a nightmare when tackling an epidemic that knows no borders, and where any locality with a weak response will allow the infection to keep spreading elsewhere. Opinion | The U.S. is still exceptional — but now for its incompetence 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z Today it is a patchwork quilt of mining and bare earth that, traditionally, had been replaced with grasslands. Kentucky was devastated for decades by mountaintop removal. Now scientists have figured out a way to undo the damage — one tree at a time. 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z “It’s a patchwork quilt, and it’s got some holes,” she said. New Mexico gets first Early Childhood Education secretary 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z “Eventually the system implodes because it’s like a patchwork quilt of solutions.” The employment green card backlog tops 800,000, most of them Indian. A solution is elusive. 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z Stafford was curled up on a cot in the corner, wrapped in a bright patchwork quilt. Kincade fire creates 200,000 evacuees. 'Who’s going to take them in?' 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z In the meantime, one officer described the current landscape as being like "a patchwork quilt - uncoordinated and delivered to different settings and for different outcomes". Police officers raise concerns about 'biased' AI 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z Today it is a patchwork quilt of mining and bare earth that, traditionally, had been replaced with grasslands. Kentucky was devastated for decades by mountaintop removal. Now scientists have figured out a way to undo the damage — one tree at a time. 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z But he said businesses ultimately could face “a patchwork quilt” of rules — and not just on selling tobacco products. Top Kansas court: Cities can raise age for buying tobacco 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z “The design of their farm is just gorgeous,” said Sojourner of the property that looks like a patchwork quilt from the air. Life on the ‘Biggest Little Farm’: behind the scenes of a biodynamic blockbuster 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z But once the government rested, it was clear that there was never only one case against the kingpin, but rather there were several sewn together in a kind of patchwork quilt. The prosecution rests its case and El Chapo decides not to testify 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z But the country is now a patchwork quilt of wages, with some states still operating under the federal minimum of $7.25 an hour. A $15 Minimum Wage Seemed Impossible. Now It’s Reality for a Million New Yorkers. 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z Today it is a patchwork quilt of mining and bare earth that, traditionally, had been replaced with grasslands. Kentucky was devastated for decades by mountaintop removal. Now scientists have figured out a way to undo the damage — one tree at a time. 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z Suddenly, everyone was Ron Galella, desperate for a picture and obsessed with where this gorgeous patchwork quilt of a creature would show up next. The Year That Bill de Blasio Became Donald Trump* and 9 Other Improbable Transformations 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z "It's a bit like making a giant patchwork quilt," Brooker told Wired magazine. New Black Mirror puts viewers in control 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z This is the Twilight Zone of Trump’s conspiracies, where all the disparate threads of disinformation weave together to make the patchwork quilt of crazy known as prime time on Fox News and Russia Today. Trump outdoes Orwell in role as Moscow's Agent Orange | Richard Wolffe 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z “It is much more of a patchwork quilt.” States act on their own to fill holes Washington is knocking in Affordable Care Act 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z Today it is a patchwork quilt of mining and bare earth that, traditionally, had been replaced with grasslands. Kentucky was devastated for decades by mountaintop removal. Now scientists have figured out a way to undo the damage — one tree at a time. 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z Nestle is taking a page from JAB's strategy as it begins to build a patchwork quilt of brands in coffee instead of focusing almost exclusively on Nescafe and Nespresso. Nestle is paying $7 billion to sell Starbucks coffee to the world 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z The divide is so stark airline passengers can see it—a patchwork quilt of green farms on one side, a vast expanse of brown and gold on the other. A Nation Divided: Arid/Humid Climate Boundary in U.S. Creeps Eastward 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z He described a patchwork quilt of different radio systems where different fire departments and police agencies couldn’t talk with one another. New 911 director putting his broadcasting skills to good use 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z He described a patchwork quilt of different radio systems where different fire departments and police agencies couldn’t talk with one another. New 911 director putting his broadcasting skills to good use 2018-02-24T05:00:00Z Here you could buy lacquered boxes, patchwork quilts, furry hats and Soviet kitsch. How Trump walked into Putin’s web 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z In the wake of the recession, countless Americans — particularly student loan-laden, underemployed millennials — stitched together a livable wage from a patchwork quilt of income streams. MLM Sellers Boast About #Hustle, But Rely on Relationships 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z The political map of Syria, for now, looks like a patchwork quilt, with different bands controlled by rival groups and their patrons. Opinion | Trump’s big decision in Syria 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z He derides the decisions of individual cities to govern themselves in their own way as a “patchwork quilt” of regulation. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z It’s 142 chapters, but many of them are less than a page long, which lends this memoir the feeling of a mosaic or patchwork quilt of memory. Sherman Alexie’s brave new memoir delves into his childhood 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z The principle suggests that, in all likelihood, there are many other universes besides our own, coexisting in a kind of cosmic patchwork quilt. Faultlines, black holes and glaciers: mapping uncharted territories 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z Who could deny the alchemical allure of the toxic phosphor tailings ponds in Florida, or the beauty of the scrubby patchwork quilts left by mass deforestation? Edward Burtynsky on his ravaged Earth shots: 'We've reached peak everything' 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z There is now a patchwork quilt of evidence suggesting inflammation is more than something you simply find in some depressed patients, but is actually the cause of their disease. Depression: A revolution in treatment? - BBC News 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z In shrinking towns like this, schools are the stitches that hold together the patchwork quilt of the community. School holds shrinking Colorado town together 2016-08-20T04:00:00Z Uber is planning a San Francisco office that resembles a translucent patchwork quilt. California Today: Sorry, Folks, Park’s Closed 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z They're meant to be a bright patchwork quilt of experience and personality. X-Men: Apocalypse has a bad case of Batman v Superman disease 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z The future is a communal effort, like a patchwork quilt. Caitlin Moran: how to start – and win – an argument online 2016-03-05T05:00:00Z What we are left with is a patchwork quilt of insurance offerings that differ wildly from one state to another; some are non-profit, some provided by for-profit enterprises whose CEOs earn massive salaries. Obamacare premiums and deductibles going up – but it's still better than before 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z Wayne National Forest is in a patchwork quilt sprinkled with private properties,” said Becky Clutter, 53, who owns 20 acres surrounded by the forest on three sides in Monroe County. Proposed fracking in Ohio national forest gets hearings 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z Their lawsuit argues that the L.A. ban adds to “a patchwork quilt of laws” that travelers “must attempt to navigate under threat of criminal penalties.” Gun groups, county sheriffs challenge L.A. law limiting magazine capacity 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z Most were filled with food but in one of the boxes sent to Briddock's family there was something unexpected - a patchwork quilt. The man who kept a quilt for 70 years - BBC News 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z Instead, the region is a patchwork quilt of diverse state, county and city transportation departments whose budgets and staffs depend on elected officials with often parochial, short-term views. When a local need becomes a vital regional necessity 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Our country is still a patchwork quilt of rights for this segment of our American community. Let This Inspire the LGBT Community To Be Something Greater Than We Once Were 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z By the seventies, it was spending and spending, spreading a patchwork quilt of employment and subsidy over your mattress. Can This Man Save Italy? 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z In January he accused them of introducing “a patchwork quilt of bans and rules and regulations”, which will undermine the low-tax, low-regulation economic model which draws so many people to Texas in the first place. Texan tug-of-war 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z "This law ensures that Texas avoids a patchwork quilt of regulations that differ from region to region, differ from county to county or city to city," Mr Abbott said. Texas overrules local fracking bans 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z This meant the Liberals - successors of the Whigs - had an entire patchwork quilt of local colours, too. The seats where Tories weren’t blue and Labour wasn’t red - BBC News 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z The current “patchwork quilt” is not working, she said. Special Report: British voters heading for a Disunited Kingdom 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z More Doves entered orbit, and the images they took began to stitch together the patchwork quilt of Earth. Feature: How tiny satellites spawned in Silicon Valley will monitor a changing Earth 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z "Training is still a patchwork quilt," he said. After string of jet crashes, a struggle to re-train pilots 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z The mutli-colored map that illustrates the study looks like a patchwork quilt of tiny squares, with pink representing urban areas, exurbs represented in yellow and urban suburbs in dark orange. Long Read: Immigration and the Battle for the 'Burbs 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z The newcomers have produced the societal patchwork quilt that represents American society from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego. The taboo topic of America’s exploration But arteries like Milwaukee Avenue, Halsted Street and Devon Avenue that knife through the city's patchwork quilt of ethnic communities. Could Chicago ban bicycles for a day? 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z With non-striking controllers, supervisors, other staffers and transferred military controllers, the Federal Aviation Administration put together a patchwork quilt of personnel to direct airplane traffic until replacements could be trained. Robert Poli, who led 1981 strike that led Reagan to fire traffic controllers, dies at 78 “Woody Sez: The Life and Music of Woody Guthrie” is a theatrical patchwork quilt — scraps of biography and social history sewn together with bits of music and drama by four remarkably multitalented performers. A Review of ‘Woody Sez: The Life and Music of Woody Guthrie’ in Hartford 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z Use analytics for smarter defense and prevention: Many security strategies resemble a patchwork quilt of products and services that, no matter how costly, still contain tiny security holes. IBM Smarter PlanetVoice: Three Ways To Promote Security In A Cloud, Mobile And Big Data World 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z Instead of taking delight in the rebellion's progress, though, the 43-year-old crown prince began lamenting the fact that Iraq's patchwork quilt of ethnicities and religions was being torn apart. Special Report : The doubt at the heart of Iraq's Sunni 'revolution' 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z In a statement Thursday, he pledged to go to the state Supreme Court as soon as possible "to prevent a legal patchwork quilt from forming." 3rd Colorado county giving licenses to gay couples 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z In a statement Thursday, he pledged to go to the Colorado Supreme Court as soon as possible “to prevent a legal patchwork quilt from forming.” Colorado gay couples wed but on shaky legal ground 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z "Therefore, we will act swiftly in an attempt to prevent a legal patchwork quilt from forming," he said in a statement, without elaborating on his office's strategy. Colorado judge backs county clerk over gay marriage licenses 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z “Therefore, we will act swiftly in an attempt to prevent a legal patchwork quilt from forming.” Denver clerk joins Boulder in issuing same-sex marriage licenses 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z A small business is more like a patchwork quilt than a gilded security blanket. Success is not measured only by money and stuff 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z Scanning probe and transmission electron microscopies reveal the reality, however, where the material resembles a patchwork quilt with polycrystals of different orientation and size separated by grain boundaries forming a mosaic. [Report] Edge Nonlinear Optics on a MoS2 Atomic Monolayer 2014-05-01T18:26:18.243Z Pompeo argues that the the bill would address states’ efforts to “put together a patchwork quilt of food labeling requirements.” Industry-backed bill would ban states from passing GMO labeling laws 2014-04-09T20:57:00Z We’ve got a number of states that are attempting to put together a patchwork quilt of food labeling requirements with respect to genetic modification of foods. Banning GMO Labeling Is a Bad Idea—For GMOs 2014-04-09T21:00:48Z "We've got a number of states that are attempting to put together a patchwork quilt of food labeling requirements with respect to genetic modification of foods," said Pompeo. U.S. bill seeks to block mandatory GMO food labeling by states 2014-04-09T16:50:58Z They are also often centrally funded, while US schemes rely on a patchwork quilt of local funding. New York taxes rich to teach young 2014-02-05T00:10:48Z Martin Wheatley, chief executive of Britain's Financial Conduct Authority, told the ICI conference that regulators were committed to avoiding a patchwork quilt of unworkable national and regional rules. Watchdog warns of chaos in competing derivatives rules 2013-12-09T17:44:52Z The income of a non-mainstream artist like me is a patchwork quilt and streaming is currently one tiny square in that quilt. Spotify vs Musicians: 10 things to read to better understand the debate 2013-07-29T09:57:27Z A spokeswoman said: "This patchwork quilt of community schools and schools with a religious ethos places parental choice at the heart of the education system." 'Ban faith-based school admissions' 2013-06-06T14:12:25Z The medals feature a 'patchwork quilt' design to represent the different regions of Russia, which will be hosting its first Winter Games. Sochi 2014 organisers unveil medals 2013-05-30T13:50:35Z Its patchwork quilt of ethnicity and sectarian identity, so similar to that of its troubled neighbor Iraq, suggests that governing Syria would not be easy for any leader. Op-Ed Contributor: When to Talk to Monsters 2013-05-16T01:05:16Z A small business is more like a patchwork quilt than a security blanket. How do you define success and happiness? 2013-03-04T18:54:07Z On this side of the Atlantic, Congress has enacted a patchwork quilt of privacy laws that separately limit the use of Americans’ medical records, credit reports, video rental records and so on. Slipstream: Consumer Data Protection Laws, an Ocean Apart 2013-02-02T20:58:16Z The bulk of this alleged online criminality didn’t happen through some patchwork quilt of hacker sites. Hacker Charged With Using 3,000 Nude Photos To Victimize 350 Women 2013-01-30T15:13:00Z However, messages from company founders are starting to roll in, and, as the New York Times suggests, they point to a patchwork quilt system of continued operation as companies struggle to remain open. In Sandy’s aftermath, what of the NYC tech sector? 2012-11-01T15:56:00Z A patchwork quilt my mother-in-law made went to a niece. My Story: Without Children, Who Will Be There to Provide Care? 2012-10-10T14:35:59Z For better or worse, it's a patchwork quilt that the White Sox pitchers are making. Rogers: Sox need more starts like Quintana's 2012-09-11T04:55:28Z It was partly a team-building effort in the lead up to the landing — how better to bring opinionated geologists into the fold than by working on a patchwork quilt? Mars scientists await feast of data 2012-08-15T17:20:52.890Z It's a bit of a patchwork quilt, but having said that it's still better than a lot of other grounds. Kevin Pietersen may have already played his last match for England 2012-08-11T11:55:13Z The clusters never stitch together perfectly, so the final graphene sheet looks like a patchwork quilt of carbon, with kinks of 5- and 7-membered rings where each patch joins with the next. Production: Beyond sticky tape 2012-03-14T22:50:43.050Z Yet energy markets are also resiliently local, as the patchwork quilt of gasoline prices illustrates. Strategies: Gasoline Price Disparity Seems Here to Stay - Strategies 2012-03-10T19:15:01Z Perhaps by design, the company’s regional pricing resembles a patchwork quilt. Strategies: A Starbucks Price Increase, to a Not-So-Round Final Number 2012-01-14T20:35:28Z And if she looked, as Captain Cathie admitted, something of a cross between a washtub and a patchwork quilt, she was undoubtedly built strong and would stand a good deal of knocking about. White Fire 2011-11-21T03:00:15.067Z The privileged girls were never tired of examining the good woman's patchwork quilts, made many years ago of minute, quaint, old-fashioned scraps of calico. Dandelion Cottage 2011-10-29T02:00:16.960Z Envelopes, notes, the Baltimore Sun, and other papers were strewn thick over the silk patchwork quilt. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z She was content to sleep in a big feather bed, to be covered by a clean patchwork quilt, to eat on a deal table off blue crockery, with a well-scoured pewter spoon. The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book 2011-09-09T02:01:11.180Z It had four funny, spindle-shaped posts, and it was covered with a bright patchwork quilt of many tiny squares—quite an intricate pattern, Carolyn May thought. Carolyn of the Corners 2011-08-10T02:00:14.997Z For himself, he was more than content with the doubtful flock bed, with its frowsy patchwork quilt. The Men Who Wrought 2011-07-26T02:00:16.320Z Naina and her husband represent a collective of Pakistani artists who together spend months creating the colorful patchwork quilts that are traditional in Pakistani culture. Artists from 50 countries show wares at Santa Fe market 2011-07-09T19:38:23Z She covered the poor waif up with a soft patchwork quilt, and soon had the satisfaction of seeing her sink into a deep sleep. A Vendetta of the Desert 2011-07-05T02:00:32.510Z A month after the devastation, empty structures dot the landscape, and blue tarps form a patchwork quilt in hard-hit neighborhoods. Tuscaloosa honors tornado victims, volunteers with vigil 2011-06-02T12:21:22Z A patchwork quilt is cakes and gingerbread compared to this blessed proof, but I'm in and out a Georges Dandin! Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z Mr. Amash, 30, a lawyer and the youngest member of the freshman class, stands out even in the patchwork quilt of the 86 other colorful Republican freshmen. In Class of Colorful Freshmen, Meet the Most Contrarian 2011-04-14T16:39:08Z Her blanket was covered with a patchwork quilt that night; next day she had roast turkey and meat for dinner. Granny's Wonderful Chair & Its Tales of Fairy Times 2011-04-12T02:00:26.413Z Clean sheets were placed upon the bed and a new and more wonderful patchwork quilt was unearthed from the depths of the press and spread out in all its glory. A Vendetta of the Desert 2011-07-05T02:00:32.510Z "I'd like to make it all look a bit more professional," she says, casting a critical eye across the patchwork quilt of pitches. A working life: The football development officer 2011-04-08T23:01:08Z There was a large four-poster bed covered with a patchwork quilt, an old wooden rocking chair, and a heap of clothes on the floor beside the bed. Four and Twenty Beds 2011-03-30T02:00:13.610Z “I think it would be heavenly to be an old maid, and make patchwork quilts for missionaries.” A Daughter of the Vine 2011-03-09T03:00:47.790Z His story retold is a patchwork quilt of life experiences, to a soundtrack of cautious interviews and phone messages unreturned. DeAngelo Casto has traveled a long road to get to WSU 2011-02-27T02:01:04Z If I were to show you a coloured map of Germany as it was when this prince began to reign, you would say that it looked like a patchwork quilt of many colours. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 1 (of 10) From the Beginning of the War to the Landing of the British Army in France 2011-02-19T03:01:09.157Z Curtained off from the main room, with its earthen or roughly-boarded floor, are the low bedsteads of the family, each covered with its patchwork quilt. Two Years in Oregon 2011-02-16T03:00:33.293Z Hair and skin, blood and bones, crooks of elbows and knees, it is connections and pathways, a puzzle and a patchwork quilt. Take time to revere flawed human body 2011-01-10T16:25:04Z She got into bed and looked at Deirdre across the patchwork quilt, conscious of having performed her whole duty for the day. The Pioneers 2010-12-20T17:12:11.787Z Manufacturers want a single, national standard set over the long term because it is easier to meet than the patchwork quilt of regulations imposed in the past. Executive Order Expected to Raise Fuel Standards 2010-05-21T02:15:00Z One of the drawers stood open, and inside could be seen a red and white patchwork quilt, and a grayish thing that looked like flannel and smelled to heaven of camphor. The Window at the White Cat Though it was only half-past ten, the eighty tables of the Vesuvius were almost every one occupied; the crowd looked at first like a patchwork quilt. A Bed of Roses A small fire blazed on the hearth, and before it, in a huge-splint-bottomed rocking-chair, the pale young mother reclined languidly, wrapped in a patchwork quilt. The Mountain Girl Mrs. Wickersham helped her son from his bed to a chair on the porch, and spread a patchwork quilt over his knees when he was seated. Stories of the Foot-hills The high-posted bedstead was furnished with a plump feather bed, a bright patchwork quilt, and fat pillows in coarse but well-bleached slips. Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge A mahogany bed with a patchwork quilt for a spread, a mahogany dresser and a huge wicker chair, upholstered in a bright chintz. The Mighty Dead He put her back gently in her chair, and laid the child's little body on the bright patchwork quilt of the bed. An Isle in the Water Beside the former, in a high, upholstered arm-chair, sat a tall woman, fully dressed in black, with a patchwork quilt of many colors across her knees. The Side Of The Angels A Novel The father came from the fair, and the patchwork quilt was put away. Very Short Stories and Verses For Children A little close stove warmed it; the bed was covered with a gay patchwork quilt which had seen its best days; the chairs were but two, and those rush-bottomed. The House in Town It was decent, that room was; and this disabled old woman lay under a patchwork quilt, on a bed that seemed comfortable. Opportunities To the east of the stovepipe were their beds, covered with patchwork quilts made by the mother, and the boxes in which they kept their clothes and trinkets. The Biography of a Prairie Girl Having smoothed the pillow, adjusted the patchwork quilt, and placed the small kerosene hand-lamp on a chair at the foot of the bed, so as to shade it from the sleeper's eyes, she slipped down-stairs. The Side Of The Angels A Novel Last winter she made a patchwork quilt, and she went down to New York and bought everything new for it. Harper's Young People, May 11, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Appliqué: Design an appliqué unit in a 7-inch square that might be applied to a pin cushion top, a bag or a square for a patchwork quilt. Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts She left a little path clear across the patchwork quilt. The Irish Twins The sailors, for the most part, made models of ships; some of them were adepts at sewing patchwork quilts, and got their warders to purchase scraps of various materials for the purpose. By Conduct and Courage A Story of the Days of Nelson The two other beds had the usual patchwork quilts and yellow slips. Shapes that Haunt the Dusk “These little ones bring blessings all their own, Sadie,” she said, giving the hand on the patchwork quilt a little squeeze. The Wind Before the Dawn The other articles she placed, in the order in which she had begun them, above it, and then sat resolutely down to her patchwork quilt. Jessie Carlton The Story of a Girl who Fought with Little Impulse, the Wizard, and Conquered Him And as for sermons, why, they ain't no better sermon to me than a patchwork quilt, and the doctrines is right there a heap plainer'n they are in the catechism. Aunt Jane of Kentucky Here, under his profane and involved direction, the structure was finally set in place, even to the patchwork quilt, fearfully and wonderfully made, which surmounted it all. At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern A minute later her serene face looked down at them over a patchwork quilt which hung airing at half length from the window above. Virginia She buried her face in the patchwork quilt beside her mother's hand. The Wizard's Daughter and Other Stories It was furnished plainly with an ugly wooden bed covered with a bright patchwork quilt, a pine bureau and two cheap chairs. Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty Rosemary sewing together scraps for a patchwork quilt and the negro girl, Henny, seated on a stool, would be engaged in winding off the yarn from a “jack” into balls. Her Mother's Secret There was but a narrow bed in the corner, covered with a patchwork quilt, and the wooden stool where Anne had put her bundle. A Little Maid of Province Town She slept on hides and rolled herself up in old dingy patchwork quilts and worn blankets. The Branding Iron So, nestling under the patchwork quilt and sleeping the hours away in the small ark stranded in the chimney corner, she began life. In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim Occupied it certainly was: towels and soap and sponge, and nightgown neatly folded on the patchwork quilt, showed that. Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty Well, then, Grandma Parlin, her face full of wrinkles, lay in bed under a red and green patchwork quilt, with her day-cap on. Little Grandmother It has got so there is not the inspiration in looking at vegetables that there used to be, and the patchwork quilt does not draw like a house afire. Peck's Uncle Ike and The Red Headed Boy 1899 As she entered the sitting-room door, she found the little old lady propped in a rocking chair just inside the doorway with a patchwork quilt across her lap, tucking her in. Stubble He ruefully regarded the patchwork quilt which seemed to be struggling violently with some unseen agency. In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim "I think it would look like a patchwork quilt," said Nesta. Queensland Cousins The butter was made, the noonday dinner cleared away, Dorothy 'cleaned up' for the afternoon, and seated at the table cutting up some bits of old printed calico for a patchwork quilt. Bristol Bells A Story of the Eighteenth Century Contemplating the struggles in community regarding mutual understanding, I expanded Hesse's conception of man and found my vision of community to be a salad tossing or a patchwork quilt tumble drying. Humanistic Nursing They held famine at bay with a patchwork quilt and a crazy washstand. Mary, Mary There are other stitches needed to make a patchwork quilt, which frequently develops into quite an elaborate bit of needlework. Quilts Their Story and How to Make Them She was commonly called "The Patchwork Girl," because her body and limbs were made from a gay-colored patchwork quilt which had been cut into shape and stuffed with cotton. The Lost Princess of Oz Margaret now asked the little girls, while she sealed her note, how their patchwork was getting on—thus far the handsomest patchwork quilt she had ever seen. Deerbrook The patchwork quilt was an instance of much of this effort. The Development of Embroidery in America It was my lot to sleep in a feather bed under a mountain of patchwork quilts with never a care for Jack Frost sitting on the window ledge outside. The New York and Albany Post Road From Kings Bridge to "The Ferry at Crawlier, over against Albany," Being an Account of a Jaunt on Foot Made at Sundry Convenient Times between May and November, Nineteen Hundred and Five At length I heard a slow and laborious shuffling of feet in the passage, and an old woman, wrapped in a patchwork quilt and wearing a white nightcap, opened the door. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer There she lay down upon the patchwork quilt which covered her bed, with her hands clasped above her head, staring at the ceiling and trying to forget the past in conjecturing the future. The Lady Doc At the further end was a good-sized bed covered with a patchwork quilt, but without any hangings—the absence of these indicating either great poverty or extremely low rank. The King's Daughters By its glow, Janet looked upon the woman under the gaudy patchwork quilt. Janet of the Dunes A cradle with miniature puffy feather pillows, straw tick and an old patchwork quilt of pink and white calico stood near an old wood-stove which bore the inscription, Conowingo Furnace. Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People' The amount of labor, of careful fitting, neat piecing, and elaborate quilting, the thousands of stitches that went into one of these patchwork quilts, are to-day almost painful to regard. Home Life in Colonial Days Perhaps the patchwork quilt is the enduring legacy of frontier folk art. The Fair Play Settlers of the West Branch Valley, 1769-1784 A Study of Frontier Ethnography A gay-coloured parallelogram stared out from the grass beside him; for there, covered with a patchwork quilt, lay, in a great basket, the baby, the little girl, the pride of the household, fast asleep. Little Tora, The Swedish Schoolmistress and Other Stories P'r'aps somebody's got 'em on their bed, thinking they was a patchwork quilt," he said, coldly; "it's a mistake anybody might make. Light Freights I'd like to bury my face in my old red and green patchwork quilt and ask forgiveness for being a fool. Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People' Oh, my dearest Lord and Master," she prayed, at her evening devotions upon her knees and with her work-roughened hands clasped upon the gaudy patchwork quilt; "guide Thou my son. The Brentons When the roll was finally spread out on the counter, the dim lamplight flickered over a patchwork quilt of the familiar log-cabin pattern, gay with colors as varied as those of Joseph's coat. Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes Some of the material, however, was worked up into a patchwork quilt, and of the rest my mother made a jacket for my sister. South American Fights and Fighters And Other Tales of Adventure The long sleeves of Charlotte's nightgown, the patchwork quilt of the bed, the homely surroundings, all made the contrast of the gift more striking. In Apple-Blossom Time A Fairy-Tale to Date I'll have a square patch of carpet just that size, red and green and yellow, like that, and I'll have a patchwork quilt like this one; who'll make it for me though? Three People Although only ten years old Melvina had already “pieced” four patchwork quilts and quilted them; and her neat stitches were the admiration of all the women of the town. A Little Maid of Old Maine Miss Lydia was propped up on two pillows, an open book before her on the patchwork quilt, and her head had sagged forward on the breast of her blue flannelette nightgown. Jane Journeys On She had already pieced one patchwork quilt, and her grandmother displayed it to people with pride, saying, "Ann Lizy pieced that before she was eight years old." Young Lucretia and Other Stories The guest looked about her and recalled her room at the Carder farm, the patchwork quilt at the Upton Emporium, and her last shakedown under the eaves of the Keefeport shell house. In Apple-Blossom Time A Fairy-Tale to Date He slept in the big airy room with its patchwork quilt of blue and white, its rugs and curtains to match, and looked at pictures of his mother. Green Valley I deciphered a few of the texts on the scriptural patchwork quilt which covered my couch. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume II. (of X.) The big bed, gay with patchwork quilts—Nancy knew all the patterns: Sunrise on the Peaks; Drunkard's Path; the Rainbow—Mary was making up for all that her forebears had neglected to do. The Shield of Silence It was a large clumsy four-post bedstead, hung with blue and white homespun curtains, and covered with a gay patchwork quilt. A Canadian Heroine, Volume 2 A Novel The large bed with patchwork quilt stood in a corner; in the middle was an iron stove in which logs crackled and sparkled. A Dozen Ways Of Love Then she kept on to her own chamber, and put out her candle, and crept into her feather-bed under the patchwork quilts. Comfort Pease and her Gold Ring Ann's little body scarcely raised the patchwork quilt on the bed; her face, sunken in the feather pillows, looked small and weazened as a sick child's in the dim light. Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel He lay as still in bed as if he were already dead, and his long body raised the gay patchwork quilt in a stiff ridge like a grave. Madelon A Novel A few possessions—a skillet, several pans, the water buckets, the fire shovel, a few clothes, a homespun blanket, a patchwork quilt, and several bearskins—were packed on the back of one of the horses. Abe Lincoln Gets His Chance "He's gone, sir," she said, pointing in-doors to where a long, motionless figure seated in a chair was covered with a ragged patchwork quilt. The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax To my surprise Mrs. Patrick Campbell would not hear of it: "Quite impossible," she said, "a play's not a patchwork quilt; you must write the first act yourself." Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions Volume 2 "I'd like to go to see some of the big vegetables and the fruits, and look at the patchwork quilts and the lace," said Nan. The Bobbsey Twins at the County Fair It will be seen that in this case the square patchwork quilt is built up of 169 pieces. Amusements in Mathematics Julia had got his finished and was busily sewing on a red and green patchwork quilt, in a tea-chest pattern, when, one day, the Mayor came to visit the school. The Pot of Gold And Other Stories In a room beyond were two beds covered with patchwork quilts. The Gay Cockade There was a pillow, or cushion, in it, and a little patchwork quilt, which, he said, Mandy Ann pieced and made. The Cromptons A patchwork quilt covered the bed, and a flower-pot in the one small window, and some coloured prints on the wall, were its only adornments. Hetty Gray Nobody's Bairn Now, this puzzle will apply equally to patchwork quilts or tesselated pavements. Amusements in Mathematics They carried something on a board, covered with an old patchwork quilt. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 69, July, 1863 From a balloon, in the flowering season, the tulip gardens must look like patchwork quilts. A Wanderer in Holland When the tailor awoke in the morning, the first thing which he saw upon the patchwork quilt, was a skein of cherry-coloured twisted silk, and beside his bed stood the repentant Simpkin! The Tailor of Gloucester I sighed as I thought of the dreary patchwork quilts of our great-grandmothers. The House in Good Taste The lady members of the Wilkinson family had made a simple patchwork quilt, as a small Christmas present, all composed of square pieces of the same size, as shown in the illustration. Amusements in Mathematics "Susie,"—to a little girl sitting close beside her,—"why can't some of you girls get together one afternoon in the week and make a patchwork quilt to send in the barrel?" Miss Elliot's Girls Stories of Beasts, Birds, and Butterflies They were covered with old patchwork quilts, with anything that can be used. Kings, Queens and Pawns An American Woman at the Front As the Powers finally arranged it, the map of the West Coast is like a mosaic, like the edge of a badly constructed patchwork quilt. The Congo and Coasts of Africa The snowflakes, which had fallen from time to time, and kept themselves busy making a patchwork quilt for mother Earth, now melted away, and the white quilt was torn into shreds. Little Prudy's Sister Susy Mrs. Smiley's expression of pleasure was sincere when her six granddaughters sent to her, as a Christmas present, a very pretty patchwork quilt, which they had made with their own hands. Amusements in Mathematics I thought if I had dreamed it I should have dreamed of a patchwork quilt, there were so many flats and sharps. The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 Soft and downy were the pillows, and the patchwork quilt, Rose's particular aversion, was removed, and its place supplied by one of more modern make. The English Orphans The furnishings of this home consisted of a wood bedstead upon which a rough straw bed and patchwork quilts provided meager comforts for the invalid mother. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Indiana Narratives I have several very pretty-old-style patchwork quilts in a box in the attic which I shall give you when you start housekeeping. Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans" She proposes to join them together and make one square patchwork quilt, 13x13, but, of course, she will not cut any of the material—merely cut the stitches where necessary and join together again. Amusements in Mathematics There's some patchwork quilts in that chest, too, that Mary Ellen never liked. The King's Daughter and Other Stories for Girls By some heaven-sent inspiration she had invented a pattern beyond which no patchwork quilt could go. Hillsboro People The bed was neatly spread with a patchwork quilt, and the blankets and counterpane were folded and piled upon the foot. The Lilac Girl A blue ribbon attached to Frau Schmidt's highly-prized, old-fashioned, patchwork quilt, showed it to be a winner. Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans" By dint of extra work, Araminta's eighth patchwork quilt was made for quilting, and the Ladies' Aid Society was invited to Miss Mehitable's for the usual Summer revelry of quilting and gossip. A Spinner in the Sun Under this shed is a great chair of state, once finely gilt and ornamented, with a patchwork quilt thrown over it, and behind it are the remains of two large looking-glasses. Lander's Travels The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa He could see, too, a corner of his mother's bed with the patchwork quilt on it. The Purple Heights The Emir had fallen off his rock and lay in a crumpled heap, like a brown and white patchwork quilt, at the bottom of it. The Tragedy of the Korosko There are all the regalia, carved out of cherry-stones, and a patchwork quilt of 5000 bits of silk each no bigger than a shilling. The Three Brides I buried my face in the dirty pillow with no pillow-case on it, and filled my mouth with the patchwork quilt. Vandemark's Folly The killers had been killed by the same hand that laid her deep, in her faded, patchwork quilt. The Gringos Mr. Johnston slept in a four-poster, under a patchwork quilt that aroused poignant memories. The Purple Heights Perhaps it was washing the patchwork quilt which Abigail had pieced that brought the deceased so strongly to Mrs. Jones' mind, and made her so curious to see Abigail's successor. Ethelyn's Mistake Six plays: Cinderella married, Three pills in a bottle, Columbine in business, The patchwork quilt, Wisdom teeth, Theories and thumbs. © 14Nov24, A807880. U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1952 January - June One of our national symbols alone, the 'Union Jack,' though it is as destitute of beauty as a patchwork quilt, is fairly satisfactory. Human Nature in Politics Third Edition Here are regions and cities with either no nationality or with as much nationality as a patchwork quilt has colour.... What is Coming? The bed was a little platform of poles, on which were spread the furry skins of wild animals, and a patchwork quilt of homespun goods. Four Great Americans: Washington, Franklin, Webster, Lincoln A Book for Young Americans For one whole week the windows of Ethelyn's room were darkened as dark as Mrs. Markham's heavy shawl and a patchwork quilt could make them. Ethelyn's Mistake It was she who had made that wonderful cradle out of cardboard, with sheets from a pair of grandfather's old pocket-handkerchiefs, she who had pieced that tiniest of tiny patchwork quilts! The Wonderful Bed He recalls that racking head-ache, that scorching thirst, and those pains in all the bones of a wan, wasted figure lying under a patchwork quilt on a squalid bed. M. or N. "Similia similibus curantur." Another counsellor was Scraps, the Patchwork Girl of Oz, who was made of a gaudy patchwork quilt, cut into shape and stuffed with cotton. Glinda of Oz She was commonly called "the Patchwork Girl" because her body and limbs were made from a gay-colored patchwork quilt which had been cut into shape and stuffed with cotton. The Lost Princess of Oz With this, and a patchwork quilt, the five were left to pack themselves together as best they could. Ginx's Baby: his birth and other misfortunes; a satire When the tailor awoke in the morning, the first thing which he saw, upon the patchwork quilt, was a skein of cherry-coloured twisted silk, and beside his bed stood the repentant Simpkin! The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter The result bore some resemblance to a crazy patchwork quilt, which was heightened when, as in one of the doors he had seen, contiguous patches were painted different colors. Out of Time's Abyss She felt the woman's foolish amusement at the old cradle with the rag doll tucked under the patchwork quilt, and at her pitiful attempts at adorning the tawdry walls. Jean of the Lazy A Marilla had sent a big box of preserves, and darkly hinted at a hamper for Thanksgiving, and Mrs. Lynde gave Anne a patchwork quilt and loaned her five more. Anne of the Island I went to the door of the bedroom, and thought how pleasant it looked, with its pink-and-white patchwork quilt and the brown unpainted paneling of its woodwork. The Country of the Pointed Firs She remained kneeling for some time, quite still, and deeply moved, her black hair against the red squares and the lavender-sprigged squares of the patchwork quilt. Sons and Lovers Rotten outfit: tents like old patchwork quilts, pots and pans, etc., probably bought job lot from Noah when the Ark was docked. It Happened in Egypt Under that strange patchwork quilt so imaginative a soul as Clarian could not fail to dream. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860 She offered him the only chair in the room, and took her place on the edge of the bed, which showed a clean but much-worn patchwork quilt. Stephen Archer and Other Tales A narrow bed in a corner was covered with an old-fashioned patchwork quilt. The Mystery of Murray Davenport A Story of New York at the Present Day But when he got back with the gold and silver patchwork quilt, every one was fonder of him than ever, and he was made the king's body- servant. Popular Tales from the Norse Can you fancy anything more worthless in this world than a patchwork quilt?—cutting things up and then sewing them together again, and making them uglier in the end than they were in the beginning? The Glory of the Conquered The Story of a Great Love There was no blanket on the bed, only a sheet and a heavy patchwork quilt. Two Summers in Guyenne The appearance of a manor, when under cultivation, has been likened to a vast checkerboard or a patchwork quilt. Early European History Wonderful little patchwork quilts, a feather bed and tiny pillows made especially for the bed, were objects of interest to everyone who crowded around the booth. Georgina of the Rainbows But this patchwork quilt is yours, I suppose?' A Mummer's Wife An old-fashioned four-post bedstead stood in one corner, covered with a patchwork quilt; in another was an impromptu bed, spread on the floor, and occupied by a woman and two children, apparently asleep. A Trip to Manitoba She looked at Mandoline's perfect little hand, lying outside the patchwork quilt. Dotty Dimple at Play The laugh which followed brought the keeper out of the office in his carpet slippers, a patchwork quilt over his shoulders. Old Lady Number 31 After climbing in and folding himself up into an incredibly small space, Kaviak managed with superhuman skill to cover himself neatly with a patchwork quilt of Munsey, Scribner, Century, Strand, and Overland for August, '97. The Magnetic North In an adjoining room Evadne could see a bed with its gay patchwork quilt of Dyce's making, and in the little kitchen beyond she heard her singing as she trod to and fro. A Beautiful Possibility In one corner there was a pallet hidden by a ragged patchwork quilt, and facing it a small pine table upon which stood an ash-cake ready for the embers. The Battle Ground So many patchwork quilts, so many hand-stitched shirt-bosoms, so many worsted stockings, made before a girl is fourteen, are so many quilts, bosoms, and stockings more than she will make when she is forty. Hold Up Your Heads, Girls! : Helps for Girls, in School and Out “He kissed my hand,” she thought that night as she lay under her patchwork quilt. Amanda — a Daughter of the Mennonites She smoothed the gay patchwork quilt, seemed to feel something underneath, and the next moment pulled out the hidden volume, which was bound, as the bookseller’s advertisements phrased it, in “half calf, neat, marbled sides.” Janice Meredith The sheets and pillow-slips were fragrant with lavender, and one of Grandmother King's noted patchwork quilts was over us. The Story Girl The Governor smiled and held out a steady hand above the ragged patchwork quilt. The Battle Ground She lay down on the blue and white patchwork quilt on her bed, and cried softly and bitterly. Further Chronicles of Avonlea In the seclusion of the little room to the east she spread out on the patchwork quilt the Indian garment and looked at it with a new meaning. The Maid of the Whispering Hills The girls sat upon their beds while they were undressing, and plunged upon their knees on the bare pine floor and rested their elbows upon the faded patchwork quilts while they said their prayers. Sisters And here's the patchwork quilt Ma started when Len was a baby, with all the patches pinned together! Martie, the Unconquered Under the patchwork quilt the Governor lay motionless, dead from the waist down, only the desire in his eyes struggling to keep the spirit to the clay. The Battle Ground Over this spacious place of repose, a patchwork quilt of the "rising sun" pattern displayed its gaudy rays, resembling some sprawling octopus, rather than the face of Phoebus. At the Mercy of Tiberius Sunlight fell through the plum blossom, in an extra patchwork quilt over the bundle lying there, touched the baby's nose and mouth, so that he sneezed. Saint's Progress Mitenka's wife and sisters-in-law thrust their heads and frightened faces out of the door of a room where a bright samovar was boiling and where the steward's high bedstead stood with its patchwork quilt. War and Peace An aged Negress, in a dress of linsey-woolsey which resembled a patchwork quilt, was pouring hot, thin coffee into a row of cups with chipped or missing saucers. The Deliverance; a romance of the Virginia tobacco fields Without seeing the arm he put out, she crossed the room like one bewildered by a sudden blow, and went to where the Governor was lying beneath the patchwork quilt. The Battle Ground The stranger was piloted to the bedroom, assisted into the depths of a feather bed, and covered with several layers of blankets and patchwork quilts. The Woman-Haters: a yarn of Eastboro twin-lights Another trial confronted me in the shape of an ideal but impossible patchwork quilt. A New England girlhood, outlined from memory (Beverly, MA) His coarse red hair peeped from under one end of the greasy patchwork quilt, made up of coloured rags, while his big unwashed feet stuck out from the other. The Witch and other stories Across this couch was thrown a ragged patchwork quilt, and a pillow covered with calico rested on one end, with the mark of a head dented deep in the center. The Foolish Virgin The bed was in another corner, covered by a patchwork quilt of faded red lions, and divided from the rest of the room by a blue curtain, now drawn back. The Story of an African Farm, a novel Two large eyes looked about in the darkness, and two small hands were smoothing the patchwork quilt. The Story of an African Farm, a novel The pillow-case full, however, was never attempted, any more than the patchwork quilt. A New England girlhood, outlined from memory (Beverly, MA) |
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