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Author
Series
An Elm Creek quilts novel volume 16
Language
English
Description
Meditating on the weddings she has attended in Elm Creek Manor throughout the years on the morning of her daughter's wedding day, Sarah McClure evaluates the symbolic features on a wedding quilt designed to display the signatures of beloved guests.
The New York Times bestselling Elm Creek Quilts series continues, with a novel that celebrates one of America's most romantic and enduring traditions. Sarah McClure arrived at Elm Creek Manor as a newlywed,...
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
[1985]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 490L
Language
English
Description
A pioneer mother lovingly stitches a beautiful quilt which warms and comforts her daughter Abigail; many years later another mother mends and patches it for her little girl.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Sarah Hart couldn't be happier. Her son is moving home to Maple Hill with his wife and twin daughters, into the Victorian house that once belonged to Sarah's grandfather, Noah Drayton. Noah's wife Molly disappeared without a trace a century ago, and Noah was the prime suspect. But no one ever learned the truth. Now Sarah's granddaughters have found a forgotten passageway in their old house, and an antique quilt with a hidden message . . .
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
When two members decide to leave the fold, the Elm Creek Quilters must buckle down and choose a new pair. Excitement over the open slots is palpable. The top candidates include history lover Maggie, chef Anna, the groundbreaking Russ, the deeply gifted Karen, and the soulful Grethcen. Under the guidanceof the master Sylvia Compson, the quilters deliberate, knowing full well their decisions will have a profound impact on their legacy.
Author
Series
An Elm Creek quilts novel volume 10
Language
English
Description
Newlyweds Elizabeth and Henry set out on a cross-country journey to the site of their new home only to discover that they have been the victims of fraud and are now penniless, which forces Henry to take a job as a ranch hand while Elizabeth begins a new quilt.
Newly wed in a festive yet poignant ceremony at Elm Creek Manor, bride Elizabeth Nelson takes leave of her ancestral Pennsylvania home. Setting off with her husband, Henry, on the adventure...
Author
Series
Patchwork mysteries volume 27
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
The big day is almost here! As Sarah finishes final preparations for her wedding to Liam, her family and friends gather to work on a friendship quilt that they're making as a gift. Her daughter Jenna arrives, bringing the quilt Sarah made for her when she got married and plans to sew one of the squares into Sarah's friendship quilt. But when Jenna's heirloom wedding quilt disappears from the church, Sarah must track down who stole it.
Author
Series
Patchwork mysteries volume 26
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Sarah is busy with preparations for her wedding when a woman brings her a beautiful, hand-embroidered antique quilt that holds an intriguing puzzle. Beatrice received the quilt from an unnamed donor. Adopted as a baby, Beatrice wonders if it could have come from her birth mother. Sarah agrees when she notices a rebus--three bees on one of the squares--which stands for "Beatrice". If Sarah can decode the other squares, she suspects they will lead her...
10) The lost quilter
Author
Language
English
Description
Master quilter Sylvia Compson discovers a stash of letters in the attic of Elm Creek Manor and traces a tale back to 1859. An escaped slave, Joanna, spent a brief period at Elm Creek Farm until she was captured and returned to bondage, leaving her son in the care of the Bergstrom family. If Sylvia is to determine the fate of Joanna and her son, she must rely on one important clue-- the meticulous heirloom quilt Joanna stitched and left behind.
11) The Calico Trail
Author
Series
Patchwork mysteries volume 22
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
When Sarah's daughter-in-law, Maggie, inherits several items to sell in her store from her great aunt Myrna, Sarah is thrilled to see several quilts in the mix. She's especially interested in one that she recognizes as a pioneer quilt. Sarah explains to Maggie and the twins that this kind of quilt was used by women on the Oregon Trail to recount stories of moving out West in covered wagons. This is good news for the twins because their final project...
Author
Series
Patchwork mysteries volume 15
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
As Sarah Hart touches up a family heirloom quilt for her boyfriend, Liam, to present to his soon-to-be-married daughter, she discovers a strange woman's name connected with Liam's on the quilt. Is Liam lying about his past?
13) A dangerous tide
Author
Series
Publisher
Annie's
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Sofia Parker has two mysteries on her hands. The first is that her daughter, Vanessa, is in deep trouble with the law. The second is a message from her family's distant past. "In friendship, J.A." is embroidered on the third silken square of Sofia's prized heirloom quilt bequeathed to her by her Italian grandmother. The old diary that accompanies the quilt, written in Italian, alludes to English map points such as Southampton and cryptically mentions...
15) Torn in two
Author
Series
Patchwork mysteries volume 18
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Sarah Hart finds herself wrapped in a hundred-year-old mystery involving her grandfather, Noah Drayton, and an antique quilt with a hidden message which is the only clue to the disappearance of Noah's wife, Molly.
Author
Series
Patchwork mysteries volume 24
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A romantic picnic with Liam is interrupted when Martha calls to tell Sarah that someone has broken into her house, hit her new boarder on the head and gotten away with several antique quilts. Sarah had been restoring three different quilts for three distinct clients so she isn't sure which quilt the thief was after or why any of them would be taken. Sarah must unravel the history of the quilts themselves to find the answer. Meanwhile, she learns that...
Author
Series
Patchwork mysteries volume 25
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Sarah is starting to plan for her wedding and think about the special quilt she will make as a gift for Liam when she receives startling news: the Spotted Dog has been broken into! Liam's computer and some cash were stolen, and the store has been trashed. The police think it must be someone who has a personal issue with Liam. But who could possibly have anything against him? When Sarah searches for answers, she uncovers several people with reason...
18) The heirloom
Author
Series
Heritage of Lancaster County volume 0.5
Language
English
Description
"After her widowed father remarries, nineteen-year-old Clara Bender is no longer needed to help run his household. When she comes across letters from her mother's aunt Ella Mae Zook, she sets off to visit Lancaster County's Hickory Hollow to decide where her future lies. The two women form a bond while restoring an heirloom wedding quilt and sharing their lives, with Ella Mae confiding about a tragedy from her courting years. Eventually, Ella Mae...
20) The aloha quilt
Author
Language
English
Description
Bonnie faces a bleak winter alone, with her divorce looming. A welcome escape comes when Claire invites her to Maui to help launch an exciting new business: a quilter's retreat set at a bed and breakfast amid the vibrant colors and balmy breezes of the Hawaiian Islands.