Editing Patchwork (section)

===Overall===
[[File:Handicraft made of suffolk puff.jpg|thumb|253x253px|Suffolk puffs]]
Overall patchwork designs are incrementally pieced geometric shapes stitched together to form a larger random or composed design. The colored shapes can be randomly pieced or follow a strict order to create a specific effect, e.g. value (light to dark) progressions, or [[checkerboard]] effects. Names such as Hit or Miss, Clamshell, back-stitch, needle weave, criss-cross, and Starburst identify some overall patchwork structures.

Round pieces formed by cutting a circle of fabric, gathering the edges with a running stitch and pulling them tightly shut are known as Suffolk puffs in the United Kingdom due to the Suffolk wool used to pad them. In the United States, the pieces are called yo-yos. The origin date of this type of piecework is unknown, but it was popular in the United States during the [[Great Depression]] and in the United Kingdom after [[World War II]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.quilt.org.uk/quilt-140-2004_1_B+suffolk+puffs+table+coverlets.html |title= 2004-1-B suffolk puffs table coverlets |work=The Quilt Association|access-date=2020-06-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title= The Needlecraft Style Directory|last= Whittle| first = Sarah| location = North America| publisher = Barron’s Educational Series, Inc.| page = 79| date = 2013| isbn = 978-1-4380-0103-6}}</ref> These round pieces can be joined with several stitches on the sides to connect other puffs together and form a coverlet or other items. Scrap pieces may be used, or colors may be coordinated into patterns.