DCHP-3

quilting frolic

Hist.
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

1836
I won't consent to Sall's goin to them huskin parties and quiltin frolicks along with you no more, on no account, for you know how Polly Brown and Nancy White. . . .
1934
"It's a French dish," I was told, "but the English are crazy over it. Years ago when they met at the homes for a dance they'd always have rappé pie, or, if there was ever a quilting-match, there'd always be rappé pie."