▁cot ton . ▁This ▁cot ton ▁often ▁comes ▁from ▁old ▁dress es ▁or ▁sh aw ls . ▁Once ▁pie ced , ▁the ▁qu ilt ▁top ▁is ▁placed ▁on ▁a ▁re ed ▁mat ▁with ▁the ▁other ▁layers ▁and ▁se wn ▁together ▁using ▁thick , ▁colored ▁thread ▁in ▁straight ▁parallel ▁lines ▁by ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁designer ' s ▁family ▁and ▁community . ▁ ▁Swedish ▁qu il ting ▁ ▁Qu il ting ▁origin ated ▁in ▁Sweden ▁in ▁the ▁fif teenth ▁century ▁with ▁heavily ▁st itch ed ▁and ▁app liqu éd ▁qu il ts ▁made ▁for ▁the ▁very ▁wealth y . ▁These ▁qu il ts , ▁created ▁from ▁sil k , ▁w ool , ▁and ▁felt , ▁were ▁intended ▁to ▁be ▁both ▁decor ative ▁and ▁functional ▁and ▁were ▁found ▁in ▁churches ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁homes ▁of ▁nob ility . ▁Import ed ▁cot ton ▁first ▁appeared ▁in ▁Sweden ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 0 , ▁and ▁began ▁to ▁appear ▁in ▁Swedish ▁qu il ts ▁soon ▁after ▁along ▁with ▁scra ps ▁of ▁w ool , ▁sil k , ▁and ▁lin en . ▁As ▁the ▁avail ability ▁of ▁cot ton ▁increased ▁and ▁its ▁price ▁went ▁down , ▁qu il ting ▁became ▁w ides p read ▁among ▁all ▁classes ▁of ▁Swedish ▁society . ▁We alth ier ▁qu il ters ▁used ▁w ool ▁batt ing ▁while ▁others ▁used ▁lin en ▁scra ps , ▁ra gs , ▁or ▁paper ▁mixed ▁with ▁animal ▁hair . ▁In ▁general , ▁these ▁qu il ts ▁were ▁simple ▁and ▁narrow , ▁ ▁made ▁by ▁both ▁men ▁and ▁women