The Christmas Quilt: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel (The Elm Creek Quilts #8) (Paperback)
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This is book number 8 in the The Elm Creek Quilts series.
- #1: The Quilter's Apprentice: A Novel (The Elm Creek Quilts #1) (Paperback): $16.15
- #2: Round Robin: An Elm Creek Quilts Book (The Elm Creek Quilts #2) (Paperback): $17.09
- #3: The Cross-Country Quilters: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel (The Elm Creek Quilts #3) (Paperback): $17.09
- #4: The Runaway Quilt: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel (The Elm Creek Quilts #4) (Paperback): $17.09
- #5: The Quilter's Legacy: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel (The Elm Creek Quilts #5) (Paperback): $16.15
- #6: The Master Quilter: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel (The Elm Creek Quilts #6) (Paperback): $16.15
- #7: The Sugar Camp Quilt: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel (The Elm Creek Quilts #7) (Paperback): $17.09
- #9: Circle of Quilters: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel (The Elm Creek Quilts #9) (Paperback): $16.15
- #10: The Quilter's Homecoming: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel (The Elm Creek Quilts #10) (Paperback): $16.15
- #11: The New Year's Quilt: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel (The Elm Creek Quilts #11) (Paperback): $15.99
- #12: The Winding Ways Quilt: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel (The Elm Creek Quilts #12) (Paperback): $17.99
- #13: The Quilter's Kitchen: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel with Recipes (The Elm Creek Quilts #13) (Paperback): $16.15
- #14: The Lost Quilter: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel (The Elm Creek Quilts #14) (Paperback): $17.09
- #15: A Quilter's Holiday: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel (The Elm Creek Quilts #15) (Paperback): $16.15
- #16: The Aloha Quilt: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel (The Elm Creek Quilts #16) (Paperback): $16.15
- #17: The Union Quilters: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel (Paperback): $15.20
- #21: The Christmas Boutique: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel (The Elm Creek Quilts Series #21) (Large Print / Paperback): $19.99
Description
When Christmas Eve comes to Elm Creek Manor, the tenor of the holiday is far from certain. Sylvia Bergstrom Compson, the Master Quilter, has her own reasons for preferring a quiet, even subdued, Christmas. Her young friend Sarah McClure, however, takes the opposite view and decides to deck the halls brightly. As she explores the trunks packed with Bergstrom family decorations that haven't been touched in more than fifty years, Sarah discovers a curious Christmas quilt. Begun in seasonal fabrics and patterns, the quilt remains unfinished.
Sylvia reveals that the handiwork spans several generations and a quartet of Bergstrom quilters -- her great aunt, her mother, her sister, and herself. As she examines the array of quilt blocks each family member contributed but never completed, memories of Christmases past emerge.
At Elm Creek Manor, Christmas began as a celebration of simple virtues -- joy and hope buoyed by the spirit of giving. As each successive generation of Bergstroms lived through its unique trials -- the antebellum era, the Great Depression, World War II -- tradition offered sustenance even during the most difficult times. For Sylvia, who is coping with the modern problem of family dispersed, estranged, or even forgotten, reconciliation with her personal history may prove as elusive as piecing the Christmas Quilt.
Elm Creek Manor is full of secrets, from a Christmas tree with unusual properties to the sublime Bergstrom strudel recipe. Sylvia's tales at first seem to inform her family legacy but ultimately illuminate far more, from the importance of women's art to its place in commemorating our shared experience, at Christmastime and in every season.
About the Author
Jennifer Chiaverini is the author of the New York Times bestselling Elm Creek Quilts series, five collections of quilt projects, and several historical fiction novels. A graduate of the University of Notre Dame and the University of Chicago, she lives with her husband and sons in Madison, Wisconsin. To learn more, visit JenniferChiaverini.com.
