Quilting word search word list

46 words, hand-picked to fit a 15×15 grid. Free to use in any puzzle you make, including ones you sell. One thing to know if you build grids by hand: QUILT sits inside QUILTING, QUILTING sits inside HANDQUILTING — never put both in the same puzzle, or the shorter one is found twice. The generator keeps them apart automatically.

The button opens the free generator with this theme selected. It draws 15 words per puzzle and can make hundreds of different puzzles from this list without repeating a set — a 100-puzzle book comes to 124 pages at 6 × 9.

The list

• Album
• Amishquilt
• Applique
• Backing
• Backstitch
• Basting
• Batting
• Binding
• Bobbin
• Border
• Bowtie
• Charmpack
• Churndash
• Crazyquilt
• Cuttingmat
• Embroidery
• Fatquarter
• Flyinggeese
• Freezerpaper
• Friendship
• Guild
• Handquilting
• Hawaiianquilt
• Hexagon
• Hexie
• Jellyroll
• Layercake
• Logcabin
• Longarm
• Needle
• Ninepatch
• Patchwork
• Pincushion
• Pinwheel
• Quilt
• Quilting
• Rotarycutter
• Runningstitch
• Sampler
• Sashing
• Scraps
• Seamallowance
• Stash
• Template
• Thimble
• Thread

Copy freely. One per line or comma-separated pastes straight into the generator's "Your own list" box if you want to add or remove words.

Crossword clues for every word

The same list with a plain-language clue for each word — written for the crossword type, and free to use in a grid you build yourself. Copy the lines as they are (word — clue) into the generator's own-list box and it makes the crossword for you.

• Album — Collection of recorded songs
• Amishquilt — Simple geometric bed cover, traditionally made without printed fabric
• Applique — Fabric shape sewn onto a larger background piece
• Backing — Fabric layer on the underside of a project
• Backstitch — Hand sewing technique that loops over itself again for strength
• Basting — Loose temporary stitches that hold layers together before finishing
• Batting — Fluffy layer stuffed inside for warmth
• Binding — Fabric strip that finishes a raw edge
• Bobbin — Small spool that holds thread inside a sewing machine
• Border — Fabric strip framing the outer edge of a project
• Bowtie — Block pattern shaped like a formal neck accessory
• Charmpack — Bundle of same-size precut fabric squares
• Churndash — Traditional block named for a butter-making tool
• Crazyquilt — Bed cover made from randomly shaped fabric scraps sewn together
• Cuttingmat — Protective surface fabric is sliced on with a rotary blade
• Embroidery — Decorative stitching added with colored thread
• Fatquarter — Precut fabric piece sold as a small folded bundle
• Flyinggeese — Triangle block resembling a flock in formation
• Freezerpaper — Waxy sheet ironed onto fabric as a temporary template
• Friendship — Bond between companions
• Guild — Local club where members share a craft hobby
• Handquilting — Stitching done with a needle instead of a machine
• Hawaiianquilt — Bold single-motif applique cut from folded fabric
• Hexagon — Six-sided shape used in some patchwork block patterns
• Hexie — Small fabric hexagon pieced by hand in a classic technique
• Jellyroll — Fabric strips wound into a spiral bundle for sale
• Layercake — Bundle of fabric squares cut in a larger size
• Logcabin — Classic block built from strips around a center square
• Longarm — Large machine used for stitching layers on a frame
• Needle — Sharp point used for an injection
• Ninepatch — Simple block made of several small squares arranged in a grid
• Patchwork — Fabric made by joining smaller scraps together
• Pincushion — Padded holder that keeps needles and pins within reach
• Pinwheel — Block pattern that spins like a toy on a stick
• Quilt — Bed cover stitched from layered fabric pieces
• Quilting — Craft of sewing layers of fabric into a design
• Rotarycutter — Wheeled blade tool for slicing fabric in a straight line
• Runningstitch — Simple in-and-out hand sewing technique for basic seams
• Sampler — Small piece stitched to showcase many block patterns
• Sashing — Fabric strips joining blocks together
• Scraps — Small leftover pieces of fabric from other projects
• Seamallowance — Extra fabric width left beyond a stitching line
• Stash — A crafter's personal collection of saved fabric
• Template — Pattern piece used to trace and cut fabric shapes
• Thimble — Protective cap worn on a finger while sewing
• Thread — Thin strand pulled through a needle for sewing

A puzzle made from it

Medium difficulty: across, down and diagonals, nothing backwards. Every word appears exactly once — the generator checks the finished grid rather than assuming. Solutions are in the book, not on this page.