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A Quilter's Holiday
Written by Jennifer Chiaverini
Narrated by Christina Moore
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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The Elm Creek Quilters are home for the holidays in this heartwarming Christmas story from New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini. For the Elm Creek Quilters, the day after Thanksgiving marks the start of the quilting season, a time to gather at Elm Creek Manor and spend the day stitching holiday gifts for loved ones. This year, in keeping with the season's spirit of gratitude, Master Quilter Sylvia Bergstrom Compson Cooper is eager to revive a cherished family tradition. A recent remodeling of the manor's kitchen unearthed a cornucopia that once served as the centerpiece of the Bergstrom family's holiday table. Into it, each Bergstrom would place an object that symbolized something he or she was especially thankful for that year. On this quilter's holiday, Sylvia has invited her friends to continue the tradition by sewing quilt blocks that represent their thankfulness and gratitude. As each quilter explains the significance of her carefully chosen block, stories of love and longing for family and friends emerge-feelings that are also expressed in the gifts they work on throughout the day. An early winter storm blankets Elm Creek Manor in heavy snow as the quilters find new meanings in their best-loved traditions and new reasons to be thankful. A Quilter's Holiday is a story of holiday spirit, in its truest, most generous sense.
Author
Jennifer Chiaverini
Jennifer Chiaverini is the New York Times bestselling author of thirty-five novels, including critically acclaimed historical fiction and the beloved Elm Creek Quilts series. She, her husband, and their two sons call Madison, Wisconsin, home.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Wonderful just as the whole series is. Friendship and giving both shine in this book. Many good tears shed while listening.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Here's another Elm Creek Quilts novel. This is a Christmas book and features only the quilting camp staff with no students in attendance. The book follows Chiaverini's standard format of getting inside the minds of each staff member and giving her perspective on the happenings of the day. In this case, the quilters are snowed in at the manor the day after Thanksgiving. There's no murder or mayhem, just a little romance brewing. It's all charmingly done, making this a really pleasant read. It's probably one of the better entries in this year's crop of Christmas novels by well-known authors. There's nothing here not to like!
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Quilter's Holiday teaches readers more about the original and new Elm Creek Quilters. I particularly enjoyed Sylvia learning about what happened to her favorite cousin, Elizabeth Bergstrom Nelson; Gretchen and Joe Hartley being good stewards of their talents, and Gwen's mentor, Dr. Victoria Stark. I did not enjoy what Hank McClure did to Matt and Sarah, especially when Sarah is carrying his grandchildren.In chapter four we learn about the origins of Hanukkah, dreidels, and a couple of stories about the Italian gift giver on January 6th, La Befana. In chapter six we learn about bone marrow donations because one of the Elm Creek Quilters had a friend who came down with the lymphoma that killed her mother, grandmother, and two sisters.I don't quilt, but I enjoy the characters. Learning new things is fun, too.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Quilter's Holiday, by Jennifer ChalverniHave read most of the other books in this series and enjoy not only the patterns but the friendship others get by coming together to sew for charity.Love hearing of the occupants of the house and what the latest is with their families.Thanksgiving tradition by sewing quilt blocks and why they selected that particular one..Quilting marathon and everyone has brought a leftover dish from the special day to share with all quilters that have assembled. Snow is due and a lot of it.Loved hearing of how to name a quilt and of the advent calendars-much like the one our kids when younger had.Loved learning of the importance of the 9 block and how many other things in our lifes correlate to it.Alternating chapters from those at the celebration talk about what's going on in their lives. So many mysteries and clues throughout.Auction of their items, proceeds go to food bank, so generous! Hate that the snow brings about a lot of tragedies....love hearing of the winter get together and where the proceeds for that go.I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5This is one in the series of Elm Creek Quilt novels by MsChiaverini. I enjoy this series because I love quilting. The character development though is rather 2-dimentional (while comforting if that makes any sense). In this novel, however, towards the end, the author attempts to hit us over the head with the evils of Thanksgiving (I kid you not) and the abuses of native Americans... It left a bad taste in my mouth.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Once again, a make you feel at home book. and you don't even have to quilt to enjoy her books
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Older lady befrends young bride. Tells tails while quilting.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5One of the best of her past few books. It was nice to have more time with some of the original charactes.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Here's another Elm Creek Quilts novel. This is a Christmas book and features only the quilting camp staff with no students in attendance. The book follows Chiaverini's standard format of getting inside the minds of each staff member and giving her perspective on the happenings of the day. In this case, the quilters are snowed in at the manor the day after Thanksgiving. There's no murder or mayhem, just a little romance brewing. It's all charmingly done, making this a really pleasant read. It's probably one of the better entries in this year's crop of Christmas novels by well-known authors. There's nothing here not to like!