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Quilting Word Search (Large Print)

A quilt can begin with a small square and grow one block at a time. This word search follows that work through fabric pieces, layers, tools, and finishing details. It is a natural companion to a quilt display or a sewing circle, but readers do not need to know a named pattern to participate. The vocabulary offers plenty of everyday shapes and materials.

Quilting Word Search: Easy

10 × 10 grid. Find 10 words. Look across to the right and down.

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Words to find

  • BLOCK
  • FRAME
  • HEM
  • PATCH
  • PIECE
  • PIN
  • QUILT
  • RULER
  • SEAM
  • STRIP

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US Letter, one puzzle page and one answer page. Easy level.

Playing tips and a fun fact

Search for BLOCK, PATCH, and STRIP before moving to the layers. Keeping a little group of related words in mind may help you scan without jumping around the list. If you are hosting, invite participants to describe a color combination rather than asking whether they have made a quilt. Admiring a craft is a perfectly good way to join in.

A typical quilt has a top, an inner layer called batting, and a backing, held together with stitching. Those layers explain several of the longer words on the page. After the puzzle, draw a four-square block and repeat it across scrap paper, changing the shading to see how a larger pattern appears.

Ideas to extend the activity

  • Draw a repeating four-square block.
  • Choose two fabric colors on paper.
  • Label the three layers of a quilt.

Not sure which level to pick? Read how the easy, medium and hard levels differ, or see how to print large-print puzzles so the letters come out dark and clear.

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