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82) Beyond the storm
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.
83) Fields of gold
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Fields of gold" tells the story of Evangeline Glennon, a young woman who is certain her future in Dillon, Oklahoma will be as predictable and flat as the miles of wheat that stretch from her front door to the edge of horizon. She is wrong.
84) 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
Tilbury House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Kanzi's family has moved from Egypt to America, and on her first day in a new school, what she wants more than anything is to fit in. Maybe that's why she forgets to take the kofta sandwich her mother has made for her lunch, but that backfires when Mama shows up at school with the sandwich. Mama wears a hijab and calls her daughter Habibti (dear one). When she leaves, the teasing starts. That night, Kanzi wraps herself in the beautiful Arabic quilt...
88) The hope chest
Author
Publisher
Montlake
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"An inheritance has reunited three estranged cousins. Their grandmother Lucy left Nessa, Flynn, and April her home 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. And now, to three people struggling with their own patchwork pasts... To Nessa, the house has always been an escape from...
Author
Series
Elm Creek Quilts volume 18
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
Meditating on the weddings she has attended in Elm Creek Manor throughout the years on the morning of her daughter Caroline's wedding day, Sarah McClure evaluates the symbolic features on a painstakingly made wedding quilt designed to display the signatures of beloved guests.
Author
Series
Elm Creek Quilts volume 20
Language
English
Formats
Description
When the creative residents of Elm Creek gather the week after Thanksgiving to work on quilts for Project Linus, they respond to Sylvia's provocative questions to alleviate respective pesonal challenges and learn helpful lessons about the strength of human connections.
Author
Series
Quilt chronicles volume 3
Publisher
Barbour Publishing
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Emilie Rhodes was taught to think for herself, but doing so makes her want to write the "real news." This offends her newspaper editor father, who fires her. When Emilie begins writing anonymously for her father's competition, she finds herself falling in love with lecturer and dramatist Noah Shaw. Noah in turn seeks answers to stories tied with his grandmother's quilts, even though the truth may lead to brokenness-- or hope and healing.
Author
Publisher
Stash Books, an imprint of C&T Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"A retrospective of the work of Victoria Findlay Wolfe, readers will find more than 100 of her quits all beautifully photographed. Throughout, Victoria shares her creative journey and how her work has evolved over time"--
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Sebastian journeys in a hot air balloon made entirely of Grandma's afghans and patchwork quilts. Along the way he meets a bear, a very tall bird, and three knitting sisters, who all join him in an adventure that ends on a roller coaster.
96) Irish chain
Author
Series
Benni Harper mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
A senior citizens' prom in San Celina is disrupted by murder. Museum curator Benni Harper investigates the Japanese community to which the victim contributed financially in World War II. It turns out his charity did not come from the heart, but was the result of blackmail by two ladies of the town. By the author of Fool's Puzzle.
Author
Series
Publisher
Midnight Ink
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
During a national quilt show, Dewey decides she's had enough and agrees to sell Quilter Paradiso to quilting celebrity Claire Armstrong. Her plan unravels when she finds Claire fatally slashed by a rotary cutter. This gruesome tragedy brings homicide detective and old family friend Buster Healey into Dewey's life. Their reunion turns into a hot romance -- until another murder takes place.
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