Q 01/05

By definition, quilting joins a minimum of how many layers of fabric?

A) Two

B) Five

C) Four

D) Three

Answer · why

D) Three

The layers are usually called the quilt top, the filling and the backing.

Q 02/05

What is the insulating middle layer of a quilt called?

A) Interlining

B) Batting

C) Interfacing

D) Backing

Answer · why

B) Batting

Wealthier Swedish quilters once used wool for it, while poorer ones filled quilts with linen scraps, rags or paper mixed with animal hair.

Q 03/05

The word "quilt" traces back to the Latin culcita, meaning what?

A) A woven blanket

B) A stuffed cushion

C) A patch of cloth

D) A sewing needle

Answer · why

B) A stuffed cushion

It reached English through the French cuilte, and the first English use seems to date from the 13th century.

Q 04/05

The earliest surviving European bed quilt, made in the late 14th century, depicts scenes from which legend?

A) King Arthur

B) Roland

C) Tristan and Isolde

D) The Song of the Nibelungs

Answer · why

C) Tristan and Isolde

Its Sicilian-language captions and grapevine borders survive in two sections, one in London and one in Florence.

Q 05/05

On which Mediterranean island was the earliest surviving European bed quilt made?

A) Sicily

B) Sardinia

C) Crete

D) Malta

Answer · why

A) Sicily

It is made of two layers of linen with cotton wadding, and its raised figures were formed by pushing in rolls of padding.