Work in film, making quilting fabric (8)

I believe the answer is:

toilinet

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'quilting fabric' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'work in film' is the wordplay.
'work' becomes 'toil' (toiling is a kind of working).
'film' becomes 'ET' (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial).
'toil'+'in'+'et'='TOILINET'

'making' acts as a link.

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