He worked carefully on the coffin; one of the laundresses had brought over an old quilt to line it with.

She sat on the bed and patted the old quilt.

With a shudder, I turned away from the window and plunged into the bed, pulling the old quilt up over my head.

Then he wrapped himself in an old quilt and crept into the hall to see who was in the next room.

The paper found between the old quilts has become a primary source of information about pioneer life.

She slipped from beneath the old quilt and straightened the bed covers.

The same old quilts lay on his mother's bed, tattier than ever.

The thing wrapped in an old quilt lay silently waiting for the making of its last bed.

She kicked her shoes off and stretched out full length on top of the old quilt.

Greased paper, animal skin, or an old quilt may have hung over the window to keep out insects and cold wind.