So boring!!! I just didn't enjoy this at all. The writing was fine, but I was mostly just bored. Elizabeth is a very cardboard character that didn't seem to have a lot of personality. I felt like I got to know more about the Lincoln's and the Civil War than I did the main character. This really w...
I found this book at Deseret Industries. It sounded good so I brought it home. Once I started it I couldn't put it down! Finished over the weekend we were at the cabin. It's told from the viewpoint of a runaway slave and how she quilted the "map" back to the place where she had runaway and gi...
This book centered around Sarah as she prepared for her daughter's wedding. Memories were triggered, and I felt that perhaps this is this last book about the group of ladies who were part of the "Elm Creek Quilters." The memories went back in time and filled in what had happened to many of the ...
Another book in the Elm Creek Quilts series but this one really does not mention much about quilts. Set in the time of prohibition in wine country in Sonoma and shows what hardship prohibition meant to wine growers and how some were bootleggers. Rosa is in an abusive relationship and runs away w...
I love books with strong female characters and Kate Chase fits the bill. Her father is widowed for the third time and his daughter, Kate takes over the role of a wife, as far as helping him with his presence in Washington Society. Kate organizes dinners to help her father's political efforts an...
I's say this book is just average. No biggie. The quilters have an annual tradition of gathering Thanksgiving leftovers and having a potluck on the Friday after the holiday. This is the "Quilter's Holiday," because they all bring projects to work on as Christmas gifts. On this particular "Qui...
When you read a book you can travel anywhere in the world. I have just got back from Hawaii and can't wait to return. Reading The Aloha Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini was such an interesting experience as it made me aware of the hobby of quilting. I have seen beautiful quilts on display at The N...
I love Hawaii and quilting! I liked how this plot followed Bonnie's life, rather than all of the Elm Creek Quilters.
Yet another book in Chiaverini's extensive quilting series. However, unlike the last book I was gushing over in the series (Circle of Quilters) this one didn't capture me as that one did. Its not that Chiaverini didn't write a good novel, its only that once again, this novel departed from the usu...
This volume contains the first three novels in the series: The Quilter's Apprentice, Round Robin, and The Cross-Country Quilters. For anyone who enjoys quilts, quilting, and cozy fiction this will make for a peaceful afternoon. As someone who has read a lot about quilting, I found Chiaverini's ...
The Elm Creek quilter's stories I know and love are now back. After being vaguely disappointed in the last two, I was beginning to worry that Chiaverini had lost her touch. Not so! With this novel she more than redeems herself. Since there are so many books before this one that it would take a wh...
Many years ago, I inherited an old quilt. I am not sure who made it, but after reading this book, I would love to learn its history.Sylvia Bergstrom Compson is getting married! She is a world renowned quilter and when a friend asks her which pattern she is going to use for her wedding quilt, she ...
Book 6 in the Elm Creek Quilter’s series shows some characters maturity. set about 5 years after Round Robin,The Master Quilter by Jennifer Chiaverini. This is mostly my confusion having read the books out of order. I mismatched my time lines. The stories though flow to each other nicely as both ...
The 4th book in this wonderful series, the Runaway Quilt could be read as a stand-alone or as part of the series. Due to this fact, I am not going to summarize the first three books as I don't think it would help any.Sylvia is the owner of Elm Creek Manor, a large place with grounds that plays ho...
One of the many books in the Elm Creek Quilt series by Jennifer Chiaverini, this book could actually be more of a stand alone than any of the others. The only commonality it has with the other books are that some of the characters were briefly mentioned in a story in one of the other books. Aside...