Editing Quilt (section)

====Provençal quilts====
[[File:Boutis.jpg|thumb|Detail of a white cotton Provençal, or ''boutis'', quilting]]
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[[Provençal quilts]], now often referred to as "boutis" (the [[Provençal dialect|Provençal]] word meaning "stuffing"), are wholecloth quilts traditionally made in the [[South of France]] since the 17th century. Two layers of fabric are quilted together with stuffing sandwiched between sections of the design, creating a raised effect.<ref name="isa">{{Citation | last = Etienne-Bugnot| first = Isabelle| title = Quilting in France: The French Traditions | url= http://www.historyofquilts.com/french_quilt_history.html | access-date = May 2, 2010}}</ref> The three main forms of the Provençal quilt are ''matelassage'' (a double-layered wholecloth quilt with batting sandwiched between), corded quilting or ''piqûre de Marseille'' (also known as Marseille work or ''piqué marseillais''), and ''boutis''.<ref name="isa" /> These terms are often debated and confused, but are all forms of stuffed quilting associated with the region.<ref name="isa" />