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quilting bee
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a social gathering of women at which quilts are made.
Quotations
1842
Then there are logging-bees, husking-bees, chopping-bees, and quilting-bees.
1955
The Baptist Mission Circle will meet for a Quilting Bee at the church suite, on Thursday, March 17 at 7.30 p.m.
1959
Amongst the homesteaders, logging bees, barn raisings, quilting bees, the sharing of game, the trading of work (a day for a day), the rotating harvest crews were the factors that made for existence, progress and at least some degree of good living.