| Word | Description |
| Half-square triangle | a triangle that is made by dividing a square in half from corner to corner. This is a very common type of triangle in quilting. |
| Hand piecing | when you sew all of the patches in a quilt top together by hand, not using a sewing machine. |
| Hanging sleeve | a kind of tube or piece of fabric sewn to the back of a quilt so a rod can be inserted and used to hang the quilt on a wall. |
| Homespun | fabric woven with colored threads instead of printing the fabric after it is woven. Homespun fabric is generally plaid and looks the same on the front as it does on the back. One way to identify homespun fabric is that the threads in the fringe edge are the color of the print in the fabric. |