It comes from Anglo French 'quilte' about the 12th or 13th Century meaning 'mattress' or 'bed covering' Other than that, origin unknown
"Patchwork", meaning made up of individual small parts for different sources, such as a "patchwork quilt".
Some conservators and historians refer to a quilt made by a slave as a "slave quilt."
A calico quilt is a quilt made out of calico fabric.
In short, the origin of the word is this: Middle English quilte mattress, quilt, from Anglo-French coilte,from Latin culcita mattress.
The main thing that people purchase from a quilt shop, is a quilt. A quilt is a blanket made out of patches of designs. They are very unique and can fold into a pillow.
When the weather started getting colder, I put a quilt on my bed.
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The phrase 'tout en quilt' means everything in [the proper manner and style of a] quilt, all quilted. In the word-by-word translation, the noun 'tout' means 'all'. The preposition 'en' means 'in'. And the noun 'quilt' has the same meaning in French as in English.
This will all depend upon what the quilt is made of. When making a quilt, you can add more padding to it if you wish.