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quilting bee 
a social gathering of women at which quilts are made.
- 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.
- 1842 Then there are logging-bees, husking-bees, chopping-bees, and quilting-bees.