Quilting refers to the stitching holding together three layers: a pieced or appliqued cover, filling and backing. The earliest evidence of quilting is a circa-3400 B.C. carved ivory figure in the ...

“Let’s pull this edge over and fold it back from where it came,” said quilt historian Kim Baird. ... “On the 29th, in 1769,” Baird said, pointing to a piece of the quilt.