A patchwork quilt is composed of various pieces or remnants from other pieces of fabric used to make clothing or other items around the house from cloth. A quilt is a beautiful blanket, that is often more than the some of its parts. So too, like the quilt, America has been built by the various peoples from the various countries from around the world and truly is more than just the people that inhabit it from different places, one of the greatest examples of modern, global social interactions.