Patchwork == quilting in the popular parlance just like Real Time == fast. Back when dinosaurs roamed the earth, quilting was a running stitch thru multiple layers, and real time meant deterministic and time bounded. Language evolves. Dictionaries should map the language as it are spoke, not as it useta was.

FWIW, I have a patchwork and applique proto-quilt draped over my dressmaker's dummy to hide a 90% complete wedding dress.