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Publisher
Martingale
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Known for the gorgeous projects they present in book after best-selling book, the experts on staff at That Patchwork Place® have done it again! This incredible collection features inspiring Christmas and winter-themed projects as well as a table runner for Hanukkah. {u2022}Spread holiday cheer with 22 fabulous projects, including tree skirts, table runners, mantel quilts, ornaments, pillows, quilts, and more {u2022}Decorate your home and create gifts...
Author
Series
Patchwork family volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1896, Abby is railroaded by the city council and needs a man's name on her bakery's deed, and a man she can control--not the stoic lumberman Zacharias who always exudes silent confidence. As trust grows between them, she finds she wants more than his rescue. She wants his heart.
Author
Series
Patchwork family volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Many consider Evangeline Hamilton cursed. Orphaned at a young age and possessing a pair of mismatched eyes--one bright blue, the other dark brown--Eva has fought to find her way in a world that constantly rejects her. Yet the support of even one person can help overcome the world's judgments, and Eva has two--Seth and Zach, two former orphans she now counts as brothers. Seeking justice against the man who stole his birthright and destroyed his family,...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"From the internationally bestselling author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist and How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, a love story that unfolds in a world being irrevocably transformed by migration. In a country teetering on the brink of civil war, two young people meet--sensual, fiercely independent Nadia and gentle, restrained Saeed. They embark on a furtive love affair, thrust into premature intimacy by the unrest roiling their city. When it...
Author
Series
Hand-me-down magic volume 3
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Noticing her cousin Alma's disappointment when a classmate purchases a beautiful patchwork purse that had been in a shop window, Del uses glitter, glue and other materials to bring homespun magic into Alma's life.
Publisher
That Patchwork Place, an imprint of Martingale
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Sneak in a few stitches during lunchtime, car time, game time--anytime. Embroider motifs onto bags, clothing, linens, and more, or follow the easy instructions inside to display your embroidery. Projects are perfectly portable, so anyone can steal a few seconds to stitch no matter where they go!
Author
Series
Quilts of love volume 1
Publisher
Abingdon Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
After a tornado rips through her town, salon owner Abigail comes across a piece of fabric from a wedding dress in the rubble. As she struggles to reconcile her right to happiness in light of the destruction, Abigail helps piece together a patchwork quilt from the salvaged fabric in the hope that it will bring some peace.
10) Kaffe Fassett's sew simple quilts & patchworks: 17 designs using Kaffe Fassett's artisan fabrics
Author
Publisher
The Taunton Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Heralded as the King of Color, fabric designer and quilter Kaffe Fassett showcases his glorious range of Artisan fabrics in Kaffe Fassett's Sew Simple. Along with his team of designers, Kaffe has created a varied selection of striking and simple designs that are ideal for practicing both quilting and sewing skills. Choose from colorful throws and quilts, eye-catching cushions and placements, fun projects for kids (a tent and a pillow bed), and simple...
Author
Language
English
Description
A love for Irma Rose: The year is 1957, and young Irma Rose has a choice to make. Date the man who is "right" for her? Or give Jonas a chance, the wild and reckless suitor who refuses to take no for an answer? Irma Rose steps onto the path she believes God has planned for her, but when she loses her footing, she is forced to rethink her choice.
Patchwork perfect: Eli Byler has been a widower for two years when he chooses to make a fresh start in...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Aurora Petrequin's best friend has never spoken a word to her. In fact, Frenchie Livernois doesn't talk. Aurora is bouncy, loud and impulsive. Making friends has never come easily. When Frenchie, who is autistic, silently chose Aurora as his person back in third grade, she chose him back. They make a good team, sharing their love of the natural world in coastal Maine. In the woods, Aurora and Frenchie encounter a piebald deer, a rare...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A common thread : Susie Glick returns from a shopping trip laden with beautiful fabric for her quilting group. On the bus ride, Alex Miller--her crush from three years ago--sits next to her. Alex left Middlefield to explore the country, and now he's back and ready to join the church. Susie was just a kid when he left, but now she's a woman--and she definitely has his interest. The women in her quilting circle aren't as excited about Alex's return,...
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Ellen is putting the finishing touches on a wedding quilt made from scraps of old dresses when the bride-to-be-her granddaughter June-unexpectedly arrives and announces she's calling off the marriage. With the tending of June's uncertain heart in mind, Ellen tells her the story of Nell, a Kansas-born woman who goes to the High Plains of New Mexico Territory in 1898 in search of a husband. Working as a biscuit-shooter, Nell falls for a cowboy named...
15) A patchwork past
Author
Series
Plain patterns volume 2
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"When wild child Sophie Deiner--the daughter of an Amish bishop--is forced to return to Nappanee, Indiana, quilt-shop owner Jane Berger is one of only a few who welcome her back. It's the last place she wants to be, but Sophie's recent illness requires that she recover for a while. As Sophie heals, she befriends a group of migrant workers and is appalled to learn of the wretched living conditions they're forced to endure. Sophie begins advocating...
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
"Marikit is used to wearing recycled clothes. Her mother, the best seamstress in the barrio, has become an expert at making do ever since Marikit’s father and brother were lost at sea. But for her tenth birthday, all Marikit wants is something new. So when her mother gifts her a patchwork dress stitched together with leftover scraps from her workshop, Marikit vows to never wear it. That is, until the eve of her birthday, when shadow creatures creep...
17) Child of night
Author
Publisher
Midnight Tide Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Fifteen-year-old Avery taught herself not to feel. It's the only way she knows to survive the foster system and her horrible, cursed luck. But with the strike of a lightning bolt, her world changes. A quick trip to the 17th century and back brings more questions than answers when she meets her ancestor and discovers the family's extraordinary gift, emotion-based powers. But for the girl without a family, the other shocking revelation is what sends...
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Alastair Bonnett explores extraordinary, off-grid, offbeat places including micro-nations, moving villages, secret cities, and no man's lands. Consider Sealand, an abandoned gun platform off the English coast that a British citizen claimed as his own sovereign nation, issuing passports and making his wife a princess. Or Baarle, a patchwork city of Dutch and Flemish enclaves where crossing the street can involve traversing national borders. Or Sandy...
Author
Publisher
Boreal books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"From women cowboys to arctic villages, Mary Odden's linked essays transport the reader along light-filled paths at the top of a shrinking world. In Mostly Water, essays form a linked memoir that explores the American outback from eastern Oregon horse trails to the arctic and subarctic river towns of Alaska. In these landscapes, Native people and later-comers are entwined in histories as loopy as northern rivers. Odden invites the reader to a vivid...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"When a community center opens in town, many embrace it as a space where locals of all ages can gather and create. Others view it as a waste of taxpayer dollars. The director, Darleen Busby-Platt, is no less controversial. Intense and showy, Darleen has huge plans for her new role. But Lucy believes the woman isn't exactly as warm hearted -- or qualified -- as she seems. That hunch deepens when Darleen and a young employee vanish... and dismembered...
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