Refers to the craft of sewing together small pieces of fabric, or metaphorically to something made up of varied parts.
祖母はパッチワークのキルトを作るのが趣味です。
My grandmother's hobby is making patchwork quilts.
この街はさまざまな文化のパッチワークだ。
This city is a patchwork of various cultures.
My grandmother made many patchwork quilts.
She made a bag using patchwork.
This plan is like a patchwork of various ideas pieced together.