Patchwork

Noun

 * 1) A work, such as a blanket, composed of many different colors and shapes, sewn together to make an interesting whole.
 * 2) Any kind of creation that utilizes many different aspects to create one, whole piece.
 * 3) * Bill took all of his poetry and put it together in a folder. It made up a patchwork of his life.

Related terms

 * patchy

Verb

 * 1) To create a patchwork from pieces of fabric
 * 2) To assemble from a variety of sources; to cobble together

Thesaurus
all sorts, assemblage, assortment, broad spectrum, check, checker, checkerboard, checkerwork, chessboard, colors in patches, confusion, conglomeration, crazy quilt, crazy-work, gallimaufry, harlequin, hash, hodgepodge, hotchpot, hotchpotch, jumble, magpie, marquetry, mash, medley, melange, mess, mingle-mangle, miscellany, mishmash, mix, mixed bag, mixture, mosaic, odds and ends, olio, olla podrida, omnium-gatherum, parquet, parquetry, pasticcio, pastiche, plaid, potpourri, salad, salmagundi, sauce, scramble, stew, tartan, tessellation, tesserae, variegated pattern,