Elm Creek Quilts
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Elm Creek Quilts volume 2
Language
English
Description
The circle of women who work at Elm Creek Quilts in rural Waterford, Pennsylvania, share their troubles and find solace in their friendship while sewing a round robin hanging for the entrance wall.
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Elm Creek Quilts volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
367 p. ; 23 cm.
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English
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Elm Creek Quilts volume 5
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
310 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
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Elm Creek Quilts volume 6
Language
English
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Eager to honor their favorite Master Quilter, the Elm Creek Quilters hasten to stitch a bridal quilt for the newlyweds. Until the time comes to unveil the surprise gift, Sylvia will be the one in the dark. Such little white lies seem harmless enough. But the quilting retreat at Elm Creek Manor thrives on women sharing their creativity, their challenges and their dreams. Somehow, in their race to commemorate in the bridal quilt all they hold dear...
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Elm Creek Quilts volume 8
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
225 p. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
While decorating Elm Creek Manor on Christmas Eve, Sarah McClure discovers an incomplete Christmas quilt and sets out to uncover its history with the help of Sylvia Bergstrom Compson, who reveals why the quilt had never been finished.
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English
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Elm Creek Quilts, the thriving artists? retreat at Elm Creek Manor, stakes its sterling reputation on the creative energy and collective goodwill of its teachers and students. But when two of its founding members decide to leave the fold, the Elm Creek Quilters face untold changes not only in their lifestyle but also in their business. As the news spreads, a single question emerges: Who can possibly take their place?
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Elm Creek Quilts volume 11
Language
English
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As each holiday season approaches, some revel in welcoming the New Year ahead; others quietly mourn the passing of time gone by. "We can't hold on to the past," says Master Quilter Sylvia Compson, "but we can keep the best part of 'Auld Lang Syne' in our hearts and in our memories, and we can look forward to the future with hope and resolve." As Sylvia, a late-in-life newlywed, has discovered, love can enter our lives at any age. Yet before she can...
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Elm Creek Quilts volume 13
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
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Anna Del Maso had known that she wanted to be a chef since she was in the seventh grade. “Somehow everything in my life ends up being about food,” she realizes, as she begins the latest of her food-themed quilts. Her twin passions have converged in a brand-new position as head chef for Elm Creek Quilts, Waterford, Pennsylvania?s popular quilting retreat. Anna revisits the kitchens of Elm Creek Manor, past and present. As she records beloved recipes...
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Elm Creek Quilts volume 14
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English
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In 1859, a runaway slave and quilter named Joanna traveled the Underground Railroad to Elm Creek Farm--only to be captured and forcibly returned to Virginia. More than a century later, Master Quilter Sylvia Bergstrom Compson recovers a bundle of letters that Joanna wrote from South Carolina. Reading transports Sylvia into the thick of the Civil War and to Edisto Island in the years afterward, where a group of ex-slaves formed a quilting circle.
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Elm Creek Quilts volume 15
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
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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. On this quilter's holiday, Master Quilter Sylvia Bergstrom has invited her friends to continue an old family tradition of sewing quilt blocks representing their thankfulness and gratitude. As each quilter explains the significance of her carefully chosen block,...
16) The aloha quilt
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Elm Creek Quilts volume 16
Pub. Date
2010
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.
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Elm Creek Quilts volume 17
Language
English
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In 1862 Water's Ford, Pennsylvania, abolitionism is prevalent, even passionate, so the local men rally to answer Mr. Lincoln's call to arms. Thus the women of Elm Creek Valley's quilting bee are propelled into the unknown.
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Elm Creek Quilts volume 19
Language
English
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Struggling with a meager existence on a Prohibition-era farm in Southern California and devastated by the losses of four of her children to a wasting disease, Rosa flees with her surviving children after a shattering act of violence.
20) The giving quilt
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Elm Creek Quilts volume 20
Language
English
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 personal challenges and learn helpful lessons about the strength of human connections.
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Elm Creek Quilts volume 21
Language
English
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Just weeks before Christmas, severe wintry weather damages the church hall hosting the Christmas Boutique-an annual sale of handcrafted gifts and baked goods that supports the county food pantry. Determined to save the fundraiser, Sylvia Bergstrom Compson offers to hold the event at Elm Creek Manor, her ancestral family estate and summertime home to Elm Creek Quilt Camp. In the spirit of the season, Sylvia and the Elm Creek Quilters begin setting...
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Elm Creek Quilts volume 22
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2024
Physical Desc
320 p. ;
Language
English