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English
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Sarah McClure arrived at Elm Creek Manor as a newlywed, never suspecting that her quilting lessons with master quilter Sylvia Bergstrom Compson would inspire the successful and enduring business Elm Creek Quilts, whose members have nurtured a circle of friendship spanning generations. "The Wedding Quilt" opens as the wedding day of Sarah's daughter Caroline approaches. 336 pp. 100,00 print. (General Fiction)
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 1080L
Language
English
Description
Asiya loves to visit Nanu's house and rummage through her katha chest filled with quilts that tell stories about the bold and brave women in Asiya's family
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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Description
“Why do you give?” asks Master Quilter Sylvia Bergstrom Compson Cooper in The Giving Quilt, the New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini’s artful, inspiring novel that imagines what good would come from practicing the holiday spirit each and every day of the year.
At Elm Creek Manor, the week after Thanksgiving is “Quiltsgiving,” a time to commence a season of generosity. From near...
At Elm Creek Manor, the week after Thanksgiving is “Quiltsgiving,” a time to commence a season of generosity. From near...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Esme Cahill thinks she has failed spectacularly: fired from her New York City publishing job, divorced from her husband, and possessing little more than a broken-down car and a pile of unfinished manuscripts, she drives home to Asheville at the request of her late grandmother, Adele, who had begged her, just before she died, to return to the place she grew up. There she discovers the once-charming lakeside retreat run by her family is sliding toward...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
Master Quilter Sylvia Bergstrom Compson treasures an antique quilt called by three names — Birds in the Air, after its pattern; the Runaway Quilt, after the woman who sewed it; and the Elm Creek Quilt, after the place to which its maker longed to return. That quilter was Joanna, a fugitive slave who traveled by the Underground Railroad to reach safe haven in 1859 at Elm Creek Farm.
Though Joanna's freedom proved short-lived...
Though Joanna's freedom proved short-lived...
Publisher
Thorndike Press Large Print
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Readers will enjoy this gift of a brand new romance from New York Times bestselling author Wanda E. Brunstetter, along with stories by her daughter-in-law and granddaughter. Three generations of Pennsylvania Amish women are bound by an heirloom quilt embroidered with the scripture from Psalm 31:3, as told in three Christmas romances"
9) Show way
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 650L
Language
English
Description
The making of "Show ways," or quilts which once served as secret maps for freedom-seeking slaves, is a tradition passed from mother to daughter in the author's family.
Author
Publisher
Guangxi Normal University Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
Yīgè zìzhì de bèizi jiāng sì dài yímín yóutài jiātíng de shēnghuó liánxì zài yīqǐ, réngrán shì tāmen chíjiǔ de àiqíng hé jìdé de xiàngzhēng.
A homemade quilt ties together the lives of four generations of an immigrant Jewish family, remaining a symbol of their enduring love and faith.
Publisher
Barbour Books, an imprint of Barbour Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Bygones: Texas,1884. Drawn to the new orphan boy in town, Tilly Rockford soon became the unfortunate victim of a lot of Orion Dunbar's mischievous deeds in school. Can Tilly figure out how to truly forgive the one who made her childhood unbearable? Now she doesn't even know she holds his heart. Can this deviant orphan-train boy turned man make up for the misdeeds of his youth and win Tilly's heart before another man steals her away?
The Bridal Shop:...
Author
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"When they were young, cousins Ella, Rachel and Jo were always together at their family's lake house. As they grew up, though, they grew apart...until now, as the three must band together to grant a beloved aunt's dying wish: to finish the quilt she began as a gift for her daughter's Christmas wedding. Searching for vintage quilting fabric, independent Jo is reunited with the man she thought she'd marry--and proves that sometimes the second time's...
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In "Patchwork Perfect," Eli Byler has been a widower for two years when he chooses to make a fresh start in Paradise, Pennsylvania where Eli meets the most unconventional Amish woman he's ever met. In "A Bid for Love," Hannah Lynne brings her home-churned butter to the local market, and every week Ezra stops by to purchase some. When Ezra bids an exorbitant amount to win the quilt she had her heart set on, Hannah Lynne can't stop her heart from taking...
Author
Series
Quilt chronicles volume 1
Publisher
Barbour Pub
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"Enter a historic Nebraskan prison where three women find betrayal, love, and ultimate truth. Jane Prescott is serving a ten-year sentence for murder. Can a broken spirit be healed behind bars? Matron Mamie Dawson feels called to help the wounded women in her charge. Will a guard's attentions keep her from her mission? Warden's wife Ellen McKenna has changed her preconceptions about these female prisoners. Will it be enough to save her from a life-or-death...
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
When Thea James takes on the responsibility of co-chairperson in Larkindale's first quilt show extravaganza things begin to go downhill from the opening party, where Mary-Alice Wentworth is mugged for a valuable diamond brooch.
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Series
Language
English
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Description
"As the holidays approach, Collette King is eager for Matthew Mueller's return to Shadow Lake. Especially now that she has finally surrendered to the truth--that the friend she has known forever, the first man she ever kissed, is the one she longs to spend her life with. So when Mattie shows up at her sister's wedding with another woman on his arm, Collette's hopes are shattered. To heal her broken heart, she begins a quilt honouring her memories...
19) The hope chest
Author
Publisher
Montlake
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Their grandmother Lucy left Nessa, Flynn, and April her cabin nestled in the woods near Blossom, Texas, as well as a hope chest to be unlocked after they complete a special task. Together, they must hand stitch a cherished quilt Lucy left unfinished. It meant everything to her. Thread by healing thread, Nessa, Flynn, and April bond over the quilt and all it represents.
20) Show way
Publisher
Weston Woods
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
The making of "Show ways," or quilts which once served as secret maps for freedom-seeking slaves, is a tradition passed from mother to daughter in the author's family.
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