My wife and daughter both quilt.

What Scoville said about quilts being three layers sewn together is the same in the UK. What LTS was talking about was the major different traditions but I think she oversimplified it. In both NE England and Wales there was a tradition of whole cloth quilting but patchwork quilting was also common. The major NE Collections (Beamish, Bowes Museum) both have as many patchwork quilts as whole cloth quilts in their collections.

here are some of my wife's & daughter's efforts