Book Description
The New York Times bestselling fifth novel in the Elm Creek Quilt series
Resolving to locate her mother's heirloom quilts after so many years, Sylvia Compson embarks on a cross-country investigation of antique shops, quilt museums, and other, more unexpected places, where offers of assistance are not always what they seem. And as Sylvia recovers some of the missing quilts and accepts others as lost forever, she reflects on the woman her mother was and mourns the woman she never knew.
With heartfelt honesty, The Quilter's Legacy reveals the tenuous connections that bind generations and celebrates the love that sustains them.
Customer Reviews:
quilters legacy.......2007-06-17
I , as a quilter, do enjoy this series. Runaway quilt has been my favorite so far but love to follow the characters.
The Quilter's Legacy.......2006-11-06
This book was really good. Not only am I interested in quilts, but also genealogy and this had a touch of that too! Very good book.
OOPS!.......2006-11-03
Content of the book was good- however, some of the language of all this series could have been improved. It ISN'T necessary to have swearing in order to write a book! I enjoyed all except for that!
Elaine Willard
Riveting.......2006-09-01
I flew through this book just like the previous 4 in the series. I can't wait to get my hands on the next one.
Excellent.......2006-07-09
There are two plots to this story: Sylvia Compson's search for her mother's quilts, which Sylvia's sister had sold; and the story of Eleanor, Sylvia's mother.
It needs to be remembered that the audience gets to learn about Eleanor, but Sylvia is not reading a journal by her mother, or in any way learning what we as the readers now know about her mother's life. Some of it Sylvia is able to piece together in the book, but the majority of it, only we as the readers know.
It gives us insight and understanding that Sylvia does not have. It also gave me more understanding of the rift between Sylvia and her sister Claudia.
I think this was a very good writing device. One thing I've noticed about Chiaverini's writing is that she is not afraid to introduce new characters, or change our opinions, even slightly, about existing and continuing characters. She is not afraid to let some characters move on, as they would in real life. For me, that is what makes these books so interesting, so valid and so real. People move on. People change careers, divorce, marry, move away, try new things, and sometimes stay in the same job and the same area. It's life. I think Chiaverini's books mirror life.
The hunt for the quilts was painful in a way for me. My own family has been searching for family quilts that disappeared during the funeral of my great-grandmother. I think this is a very truthful portrayal of how disheartening it is, too, to work so hard on any needlework craft, including quilting, and those who don't appreciate or understand the enormous amount of time, patience, creativiity, and work that goes into it, just letting the dog lie on it, or giving it away, or selling it. Yep, I've seen all of those in real life happen and it breaks the heart. It also makes me decide nope, I am not giving that person any more of my needlework. Too bad for them.
The adult children of Andrew seemed like an accurate and possible portrayal to me. I'm sorry to say it, but weddings and funerals bring out the worst at times in a saint. I've seen people who are normally rational, kind-hearted, dear people go into anger and say and do things that are shocking. You realize that you didn't really know that person after all. For those who say the reaction of the adult children was not creditable, I can only say that for me, it sure was. I've seen really decent, kind people who go to church and do the right things in life and are law-abiding citizens do and say some really crazy, out-of-character, nutty things when it comes to marriage or funerals or more to the point, who is getting what in a will. If you haven't experienced it, my bet is that someday, unfortunately, you'll find that you will. "It'll never happen in MY family!" are famous last words.
And that's what this book is, and what all of Chiaverini's books are for me: honest. Honesty doesn't mean a perfectly happy ending. If it was perfectly happy, all of the quilts would never have been sold in the first place, or if they had been, all of them would have been found and in pristine condition.
I really enjoyed this book.
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- The Family Tree And Friendship Quilt - An Exciting Debut Novel Of A Quilt Novel Series
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The Quilter's Apprentice
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Round Robin (Elm Creek Quilters Novels)
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Book Description
"A heartwarming story of relationships that, like pieces of a quilt, can be connected with discord or with harmony."-Sandra Dallas, author of The Persian Pickle Club
After moving with her husband, Matt, to the small college town of Waterford, Pennsylvania, Sarah McClure struggles to find a fulfilling job. In the meantime, she agrees to help seventy-five-year-old Sylvia Compson prepare her family estate, Elm Creek Manor, for sale. As part of her compensation, Sarah is taught how to quilt by this cantankerous elderly woman, who is a master of the craft.
During their lessons, Mrs. Compson reveals how her family was torn apart by tragedy, jealousy, and betrayal, and her stories force Sarah to face uncomfortable truths about her own alienation from her widowed mother. As their friendship deepens, Mrs. Compson confides in Sarah the truth about why she wants to sell Elm Creek Manor. In turn, Sarah seeks a way to bring life and joy back to the estate so Mrs. Compson can keep her home-and Sarah can keep her cherished friend. The Quilter's Apprentice teaches deep lessons about family, friendship, and sisterhood, and about creating a life as you would a quilt: with time, love, and patience, piecing the miscellaneous and mismatched scraps into a beautiful whole.
Customer Reviews:
Nice story.......2007-06-08
What a nice quilting and life story. Although I do a LOT of quitling, I've never done any by hand. I've always appreciated hand quilting, but now I understand it better.
Lots of interesting aspects to so many of the characters. It made them all seem so real.
I plan to read the other quilting books as well.
The Family Tree And Friendship Quilt - An Exciting Debut Novel Of A Quilt Novel Series.......2007-03-13
This novel was the first quilting one I've ever read. What I liked about this book was that it was about trying to start your life anew in another town, looking for the right kind of work, making new friends, learning to quilt, and learning about someone's family history. In this book it was about a couple named Matt and Sarah McClure, who move to the town of Waterford, Pennsylvania. Matt, a landscaper, is assigned to do some yardwork in the gardens of an estate called Elm Creek Manor. Sarah, a former accountant, who is looking for a good job, tags along to visit the place too, and is intrigued by a quilt in one of the rooms. She and Matt meet Sylvia Compson, an elderly widow, and head of the estate. They don't hit it off at first, but they get to know each other better, and be friendly with each other. While Matt works in the gardens, Sylvia gives Sarah a job cleaning all the rooms in the estate. After a while, Sarah, who's had a lot of bad job interviews in between cleaning rooms, asks Sylvia to teach her to quilt, which Sylvia does, and she and Sarah divide their time between cleaning and quilting. Sylvia also tells Sarah about her family history of Elm Creek, and that she was thinking of selling the place. Sarah later decides to join a quilting guild called the Tangled Web Quilters, and makes new friends. She also has doubts that Sylvia really wants to sell Elm Creek, because its so full of memories, and thinks of ideas to make Sylvia reconsider. Near the end of the story, she learns that one of the members, Agnes, was Sylvia's estranged sister-in-law. During a quilt party at Elm Creek, Sylvia and Agnes recconcille. After that, Sylvia decides not to sell Elm Creek, and Sarah suggests they turn it into a quilting business. Sylvia agrees, and has Sarah and Matt move in and help her run it.
I was really inspired by this book. Being a quilter myself, I've learned about quilt patterns that I never knew about, and about how you can learn about history through quilting. To me, a quilt is "bits and pieces of history sewn together in one". I've also learned that you can make friends through quilting in classes and guilds. I wish I could write a book like this. Jennifer Chiaverini has great tastes in writing.
I even wish that Elm Creek Manor really existed. I'd visit there in a second.
If the Tangled Web Quilters guild also existed, I'd immediately become a member of it.
I also even wish that all the Elm Creek novels could be made into a tv series or movie, and be put on DVDs.
I look forward to reading all the other Elm Creek books.
NICE START TO A GREAT SERIES.......2006-10-06
This is a very nice start to a great and very successful series. Briefly, two folks have moved to start a new life. Through circumstances, which are delt with in the book, the young wife meets, goes to work for and developes a wonderful relationship with an older woman who is a master quilter. This author is a natural story teller and a mater herself with character developement. These are pleasing, secure books to read, the kind you like to relax with. This one is filled many side stories and many interesting characters. If you enjoy human interst, you will enjoy this one. Some have not been all that happy with this particular work. It must be remembered though that it is the beginning of a very long series and for a first start, I feel it is a pretty good one. This author has built up quite a fan base and after you have read a couple of her novels, you will understand why. I am not a quilter, never have been, never will be...I have no tallent nor desire. (I do follow my wife around to quilt shows though and do admire the art and artistic tallent it takes to make one of these things). My wife turned me on to this series. I do have a great interest in good story telling, in particular stories about the lives of people. This book, and others in the series fill that need quite well. Recommend this one highly.
Lovely, Charming Début Novel.......2006-09-19
In the 1st book in the Elm Creek Quilter's Novel series, we are introduced to Sarah and Matt McClure, a young couple that has moved to the small town of Waterford, Pennsylvania to start new careers and a new chapter of their lives together. Unsuccessful at finding permanent work in their previous residence, Matt finds work in the small college town in the landscaping business that he loves. Sarah, however, feels restless in the accounting field that she has worked in for years and half-heartedly sends out résumés in the new town hoping for a new start in her career. When Matt's company sends him on a long-term assignment restoring the long-neglected landscaping at Elm Creek Manor, he is able to secure Sarah a temporary position helping the owner clean up the premises for the upcoming sale of the property. Sarah begrudgingly accepts the position helping Mrs. Compton clean and organize the manor, and discovers beautiful quilts that Mrs. Compton has made. Striking a deal that includes quilting lessons along with her employment, Sarah is able to obtain a job along with a wonderful new hobby that sparks her interest. Working and quilting side-by-side, Mrs. Compton shares her family's history with Sarah and they piece together both a lasting friendship and a beautiful quilt along the way.
Having read mainly cozy mysteries for several years, when I stumbled over this interesting series I was hesitant to give it a try. I was looking for something a little different, however, and being a fan of small town cozies, I thought it might be a nice change to follow a recommendation of a friend and to read the first book in the series. I found it to be a warm-hearted, touching story about friendship between two women of different generations. The friendship and trust grew between the women as they pieced together a quilt and discussed the family that had once lived in the beautiful manor. I enjoyed Mrs. Compton's family stories most of all, and how her family's history slowly unfolded throughout the book. I am looking forward to reading more about these charming women in future installments, and would highly recommend this beautiful story about the power of friendship, love, and forgiveness.
The next book in the series is called "Round Robin". Enjoy!
Lovely, Charming Début Novel.......2006-09-19
In the 1st book in the Elm Creek Quilter's Novel series, we are introduced to Sarah and Matt McClure, a young couple that has moved to the small town of Waterford, Pennsylvania to start new careers and a new chapter of their lives together. Unsuccessful at finding permanent work in their previous residence, Matt finds work in the small college town in the landscaping business that he loves. Sarah, however, feels restless in the accounting field that she has worked in for years and half-heartedly sends out résumés in the new town hoping for a new start in her career. When Matt's company sends him on a long-term assignment restoring the long-neglected landscaping at Elm Creek Manor, he is able to secure Sarah a temporary position helping the owner clean up the premises for the upcoming sale of the property. Sarah begrudgingly accepts the position helping Mrs. Compton clean and organize the manor, and discovers beautiful quilts that Mrs. Compton has made. Striking a deal that includes quilting lessons along with her employment, Sarah is able to obtain a job along with a wonderful new hobby that sparks her interest. Working and quilting side-by-side, Mrs. Compton shares her family's history with Sarah and they piece together both a lasting friendship and a beautiful quilt along the way.
Having read mainly cozy mysteries for several years, when I stumbled over this interesting series I was hesitant to give it a try. I was looking for something a little different, however, and being a fan of small town cozies, I thought it might be a nice change to follow a recommendation of a friend and to read the first book in the series. I found it to be a warm-hearted, touching story about friendship between two women of different generations. The friendship and trust grew between the women as they pieced together a quilt and discussed the family that had once lived in the beautiful manor. I enjoyed Mrs. Compton's family stories most of all, and how her family's history slowly unfolded throughout the book. I am looking forward to reading more about these charming women in future installments, and would highly recommend this beautiful story about the power of friendship, love, and forgiveness.
The next book in the series is called "Round Robin". Enjoy!
Book Description
To avoid injuries that afflict stitchers due to repetitive wrist movements, neck strain, or related problems, this helpful book gives readers gentle health advice from an M. D. who is also an experienced quilter. The book explains how the quilter's stitching life can be comfortable, free of stressed hands, shoulders, joints, and back. Simple daily exercises, setting up a good work area, healthful eating, and other positive ideas are offered.
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Take care of yourself..........2002-05-04
There's no getting around the fact that quilting and sewing in general can be bad for you, if you're not careful. The author goes over all the potential problems and how to either avoid them or deal with them, if her advice is coming too late. This book is useful no matter your age, but of course it's best for the beginnning quilter or sewer who is in a position to head off all the potential problems. Highly recommended.
Excellent information!.......2001-05-25
Ms. Mech's book is delightful; appropriate for handicrafters other than quilters in addition to being a must-have for quilters. She suggests ways to prevent strain on the body while relaxing the mind with a favorite pastime. Would be a wonderful holiday gift!
Rx for Quilters: Stitcher Friendly Advice for Every Body.......2001-02-04
Susan writes this quilter-friendly book to help quilters everywhere. She reminds us about our posture, workspace, lighting, sewing chair, and MUCH MUCH more! This is not a large book but it is packed with great tips and advice. She reminds us to take frequent breaks.....now this might not be a great revelation but we need to be reminded to do this. I could recommend this book to quilters everywhere, in fact I have given it as a gift to friends. But this book is not just for quilters....anyone who is in a repetetive job should read the book......they would benefit from her expertise. Great book in with a friendly presentation. I felt that Susan was sitting with me and sharing her wealth of information!
An excellent, unusual, health approach for needlecrafters........2000-07-04
Susan Delaney Mech's Rx For Quilters provides over five hundred tips for quilting and stitching which are peculiar to health concerns; from avoiding injury to a stitchers' hands, wrists and neck to learning how injury or hormonal shifts affect stitching and avoiding carpal tunnel syndrome and age-related eye changes. An excellent, unusual health approach every stitcher should own.
Practical advice for women's health.......2000-06-10
I am not a quilter, yet I found Dr.Mech's book very helpful for a smarter way to deal with sitting down type tasks. Her advice is very practical and easily applied in our busy lifestyles at home or work. She talks about women at different ages and their different challenges to keeping healthy. It's a great book for anyone wanting to stay pain-free while enjoying repetitive tasks. Thank you, Dr. Mech!
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A week after Uncle Jacob's death, Abel Wright came to pay his respects. Dorothea Granger took him to the grave and stood some distance away while he bowed his head in silent prayer. Then he looked up and said, "I have something to tell you and your folks."
History is thick with secrets in The Sugar Camp Quilt, seventh in the beloved Elm Creek Quilts series from bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini. Set in Creek's Crossing, Pennsylvania, in the years leading up to the Civil War, the story begins with friends and neighbors taking sides in the abolitionist debate, and as events unfold, an ex-traordinary young heroine passes from innocence to wisdom against the harrowing backdrop of the American struggle over slavery.
A dutiful daughter and niece, Dorothea Granger finds her dreams of furthering her education thwarted by the needs of home. A gifted quilter, she tragically loses her hope chest in a flood. A superior student, she is promoted from pupil to teacher -- only to lose her position to the privileged son of a town benefactor. But the ultimate test of her courage and convictions comes with the death of her stern uncle Jacob, who inexplicably had asked Dorothea to stitch him a quilt with four unusual patterns of his own design. After he meets with a violent end, Dorothea discovers that the quilt contains hidden clues to guide runaway slaves along the Underground Railroad. Emboldened by the revelations about her uncle's bravery, Dorothea resolves to continue his dangerous work. Armed with the Sugar Camp Quilt and its mysterious symbols, she must evade slavecatchers and outwit unscrupulous neighbors, embarking upon a heroic journey that allows her to discover her own courage and resourcefulness -- unsuspected qualities that may win her the heart of the best man she has ever known.
Told with Jennifer Chiaverini's trademark historical suspense, The Sugar Camp Quilt blends danger, moral courage, romance, and hope into a novel of antebellum America whose lessons resonate with timeless honesty.
Customer Reviews:
Sweet Read.......2007-09-04
This is an another wonderful book in the Elm Creek Series. I loved it.
This book is more historical in nature, giving background for the Runaway Quilt.
Entertaining.......2007-09-01
This is an entertaining history of the Elm Creek area and it's participation in the Underground Railroad before the Civil War.
A wonderful addition to the Elm Creek series.......2007-07-26
In my opinion I thought Ms. Chiaverini created a wonderful story. I've enjoyed all of the Elm Creek Quilters novels and I believe that "Sugar Camp Quilt" is the best of the series. Her writing talents excelled in this book and I can't wait till she releases another book. I won't hesitate to recommend this book to all my friends. Bye.
The Sugar Camp Quilt.......2007-06-12
All of the books by this author, Jennifer Chiaverini, are excellent. Just wish there were more of them.
Very informative.......2007-05-25
All the Elm Creek Quilts novels are excellent. Sugar Camp Quilt is historical and gives a great picture of the slave times and the good people who helped them.
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Humbling.......2007-06-01
Reading about the lives of these women makes you appreciate the ease of modern life but the simjplicity of their days is enviable. Wonderful quilts too.
A link to quilting history.......2002-12-19
I have read many books about pioneering women who set up homes from scratch and quilted for practical and soul-fulfilling reasons. Usually though, those women are long gone and we are left with rather dry details of their lives. The joy of this book is that the women whose words are recorded in it are living, breathing members of that pioneer group, and, even though their experiences were in the 20th rather than the 19th century,the issues and incidents are the same and they tell a vibrant story.
The book records conversations amongst Texas quilting groups, to which the authors were invited and the ladies seem eager to tell stories of their early days in dug outs and cabins, their families scaping a life from the soil and their role in that. None of them ever sound hard done by or as if they wish their lives had been different. And they are all keen to express the creative and fulfilling role that quilting has had in their lives.
If you are not a quilter, you will still enjoy the strength, friendship and nobility that run through these conversations - they are a link with a passed era, which I felt honoured to share as I read.
Wonderful book - and the play is so similar.......2001-12-03
This book is facinating with it's history of American pioneer women. It contains real quotes from real people about the lives that they lived. If you have seen or been in the play you will be delighted to see that some of the show's monologues are word-for-word from this book! I't's a moving book and a moving play.
Heart Warming.......2001-08-12
This book is a wonderful tribute to women...quilters or not. The book is filled with interviews, pictures, and descriptions that bring the joy and sorrow of daily living to life. If the simple things in life are indeed the sweetest.... then these women and their quilts tell the sweetest story ever...they tell our story... they are our history.
Beautiful photographs and life stories.......2001-02-02
I have always been interested in women's history as told through useable arts such as quilts. This book is a masterpiece at combining oral history with wonderful personal stories and beautiful photographs. It's a must for anyone interested in women's history, historical anthrpology, women's studies, or US history.
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Quilting Lessons: Notes from the Scrap Bag of a Writer and Quilter
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Zen and the Art of Quilting: Exploring Memory and Meaning in Patchwork
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In the middle of a successful academic career, art historian Janet Catherine Berlo found herself literally at a loss for words. A severe case of writer’s block forced her to abandon a book manuscript midstream; she found herself quilting instead. Scorning the logic, planning, and order of scholarship and writing, she immersed herself in freewheeling patterns and vivid colors. For eighteen months she spent all day, every day, quilting. This book penetrates to the very heart of women’s lives, focusing on their relationships to family and friends, to work, to daily tasks. It is a search for meaning at midlife, a search for an integration of career and creativity.
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Just wasn't my style........2007-01-23
This book didn't quite grab me the way it seems to have grabbed other reviewers. I can appreciate it, reading about her life and historical aspects of quilting were interesting, but it just wasn't my style. For me, having a visual reference would have helped. I would have loved for her to have added photos of the quilts she was making and writing about and/or photos of the historical figures and quilts she wrote about.
Thoroughly Enjoyed It!.......2007-01-11
Although this is not a long book, I found myself spacing out my reading to enjoy each and every tidbit that Ms. Berlo had to offer. I didn't want it to end and savored each scrap. She is a wonderful writer that captures what it is to be a woman entreanched in family issues, life in general and how crafting can lift you up and out of a "funk". My only regret is that I can't see her beautiful quilts that she describes so poetically. That would complete the circle.
Discovering a kindred quilting spirit.......2002-12-04
I am PASSIONATE about this book! It's written as a mix between a journal and an autobiography and lays bare a lot of the feelings that I thought only I had about the importance of quilting. I love the way that the passion for quilting is woven into Janet's love for her sisters and her sometimes difficult relationship with her mother. As you read, you begin to see her working her way out of the depression that imobilised her, and it shows how she re-chanelled her creativity after her writing "avenue" of expression was blocked. This is a book for anyone interested in the stresses of 21st century woman, and even if you don't quilt yourself, you will still enjoy the sharing of emotions. I defy anyone not to say at some point "I have felt exactly like that!", whatever your interests or background!
Quilting through Writer's Block.......2002-08-14
Berlo describes the way a sudden depression turned her from a highly esteemed, publishing professor to an almost obsessive quilter overnight.
She talks movingly about finding balance, and the way that "playing" with colors, patterns and fabric helped her find that, both in her work, and with friends and family.
In a society that undervalues "women's art" (especially textile arts), Berlo makes an interesting case that it is both therapeutic and historically significant.
Escaping writer's block through quilting.......2001-06-05
This compelling memoir is composed of a series of essays which center around the author's struggle to find a way through an unexpected onset of writer's block. She describes how she found solace in the creative acts which go into the creation of quilts, and how the creativity she found an outlet for there helped her return to the life of a professor and scholar. The author gives readers a glimpse into the life of an academic--the pressure and the difficulties as well as the accolades and successes. The most interesting sections of the book are those which give valuable insight into the importance of quilting--an extremely undervalued art--in the lives of modern women, including the author and her two lovingly-described sisters. Interspersed within the memoir are yummy recipes, for those readers who are cooking-inclined. Overall, I would highly recommend this book for anyone who is interested in the importance of quilting, the experiences of modern-day female academics, or instructions on how to overcome writer's block. An excellent read!
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Quilters understand with every stitch how God can make even scraps wonderfully new and striking with a little time, imagination, and love. Now, in Beautiful Threads, Mary Tatem pieces quilters' spiritual insights and stories into a uniquely-crafted devotional that features twelve of the most beloved and recognizable quilt patterns in America. Readers will discover the historical background of each pattern and be enchanted by the beautiful line art and spiritual reflections on faith, creativity, gratitude, patience, hope, and more. With the turn of every page, readers will see the intricate threads of God's work in the lives of his people. They also will find a new way to think about God-as the One who pieces together all of the mismatched pieces of their lives into a glorious whole. Encouragement, inspiration, and celebration await readers as they discover that, in God's design, even the smallest scraps or most frayed fragments can be fashioned into something new, complete, comfort-giving, and beautiful.
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Read or use for a devotional!.......2005-05-02
Beautiful Threads: Pieces of Encouragement for Quilters is 49 heartwarming stories filled with historical facts, spiritual insights and a passion for fabric and the end result; quilts. You don't have to be a quilter or even know one to enjoy this book and the message Tatem delivers. But if you happen to be a quilter, it will delight you.
Tatum starts each section of the book with a description of a quilt pattern, continues with the quilt stories and ends with a Bible verse and a small devotion-like paragraph.
It was a cold spring day when I began reading this book. I wrapped myself in the lovely quilt made for me by my mother-in-law, fixed some tea and lost myself in the stories of hope, faith and love. There is, I learned a similarity between quilting and mixing and matching the pieces, threads and fabrics of our lives.
This is a wonderful book to keep by your bed (to be read or used as a devotional) or to give as a gift to a special person in your life.
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Quilter's Wisdom
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There are more than 20 million quilters in the United States, and 78 percent of dedicated quilters read for pleasure. To reach this vast group, we've expanded our line of quilting books by bringing back "A Patchwork of Pieces, previously published in 1993. "Love of Quilts features twenty-eight entertaining short stories about quilts and quilters collected from the pages of classic magazines such as "Godey's Lady's Book, Harper's Bazaar, and "Good Housekeeping, introducing readers to the captivating worlds of quilters in other times and places. From courtings that nearly go astray to husbands and wives brought together by quilts to quilters obsessed with securing scraps, "Love of Quilts has something for every quilter. Fascinating fiction, these stories also provide important social history. This book also includes a bibliography of quilt fiction and a time line that lists American quilt fiction, plays, poems, and patterns published from 1845 to 1940.
Books:
- The Simple Home: The Luxury of Enough (American Institute Architects)
- The Solar House: Passive Heating and Cooling
- The Zombie Zone (A Stepping Stone Book(TM))
- Tile Your World: John Bridge's New Tile Setting Book
- Tile Your World: John Bridge's New Tile Setting Book
- Twentieth-Century Russian and East European Painting: The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection
- Twentieth-Century Russian and East European Painting: The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection
- Vitamin D: New Perspectives in Drawing (Themes)
- When A Child Is Born, So Is A Grandmother (Main Street Editions Gift Books)
- WICKED: THE GRIMMERIE, A BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK AT THE HIT BROADWAY MUSICAL
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- Piet Mondrian 1872-1944: Structures in Space
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The Sugar Camp Quilt (Elm Creek Quilters Novels)
The Christmas Quilt: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel (Elm Creek Quilts Novels)
Circle of Quilters: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel (Elm Creek Quilts Novels)
