A patchwork quilt, cushion, or piece of clothing is made by sewing together small pieces of material of different colours or patterns. beds covered in patchwork quilts. Patchwork is also a noun. For centuries, quilting and patchwork have been popular needlecrafts
If you refer to something as a patchwork, you mean that it is made up of many different parts, pieces or colours. The low mountains were a patchwork of green and brown. this complex republic, a patchwork of cultures, religions and nationalities
sewing consisting of pieces of different materials sewn together in a pattern a quilt made by sew patches of different materials together a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas
Making a quilt by sewing smaller pieces of fabric together, often creating specific designs Also known as a pieced quilt
pieces of various colors and figures; hence, anything put together of incongruous or ill-adapted parts; something irregularly clumsily composed; a thing putched up
A decorative quilt made of pieces of cloth having diverse sizes, colors, and shapes, sewn together either to form a regular pattern or in a deliberately mismatched fashion without a pattern
Something having a haphazard or disorganized structure; something composed of seemingly random parts
Despite a patchwork quilt of aid that includes scholarships, loans and an on-campus job, Kenner's father, a train conductor, must now pay $6,000 out of pocket to send his daughter to school.