patchworknoun
uk/ˈpætʃ.wɜːk/us/ˈpætʃ.wɝːk/[ U ] cloth made by sewing together a lot of smaller pieces of cloth with different patterns and colours, or the activity of doing this:
a patchwork quilt/jacket
The old lady sat in the corner doing patchwork.
[ S ] a mixture of different things:
We looked out of the aircraft window down onto the patchwork of fields below.
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Knitting & sewing
- appliqué
- backing
- baste
- bind
- bobbin
- bodkin
- cable stitch
- handknitted
- hem
- knit
- knitter
- knitting
- needle
- sew sth up
- sewing
- sewing machine
- shorten
- skein
- spinner
- tack
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