patchwork

noun
UK /ˈpætʃwɜːk/
US /ˈpætʃwɜːrk/

A patchwork is something made by sewing many small pieces of cloth together.

Grandma made a colorful patchwork quilt for my bed.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. Something made of many different parts put together.

The neighborhood is a patchwork of old houses and new shops.

3. The act or work of sewing patches of cloth together.

She spent the winter doing patchwork by the fire.

4. A pattern of small fields or areas of different colors.

From the plane we saw a patchwork of green and yellow fields.