Quilts, Quilters, Quilting, and Patchwork in Adult Fiction
Quilts, Quilters, Quilting, and Patchwork in Adult
Fiction
A Bibliography Maintained by Betty Reynolds
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This list started as a suggestion on rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
that we should share information about fiction which includes quilts,
quilters, quilting, or patchwork. Since that time, quilters on other
discussion groups worldwide have added titles to the list. This
list includes fiction for adults. There is a separate list of fiction for children and young adults.
Also take a look at the site Quilts in
Literature: an Archive of Texts which use Quilts as American symbol
by Jamie Leigh, American Studies Program,
University of Virginia, for some additional commentaries, prose, and
poetry. Please be forewarned that many of the links on this page do not
work. I cannot find an address for Jamie Leigh to notify her of these
problems and I have no way to fix them myself. I keep this link here
because I feel the "Quilts in Literature" page has merits as a bibliography
though it does not fulfill its mission to provide the source material.
Like to listen to audiobooks while you're quilting? Then look for the
cassette icons in the list. And be
sure to let me know if you find other quiltfiction titles on tape or CD.
If you have suggestions for additions to this list, please e-mail Betty Reynolds. Annotations are
particularly welcome. The list is growing and will never be complete
so long as you continue to send in new titles.
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Aiken, Ginny. Log cabin patch See Palmer, Catherine. A Victorian Christmas
quilt
Alcyon, Clara. Hearts and gizzards; motherhood in motion.
Danbury, CT, Rutledge Press, 1998.
108 p. ISBN 1-58244-003-4
A collection of short stories written by a mother who learns to quilt,
and then discovers it is her lifeline for surviving the daily routine of
motherhood, maintaining her sense of humor, and locating her sanity --
Clara Alcyon
Write to Clara Alcyon at alcymoira@aol.com
Rutledge Press
review
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Allen, Alice. The starfire quilt. 1998.
Atwood, Margaret Eleanor. Alias Grace. 1st ed. New York, Nan
A. Talese/Doubleday, 1996.
ISBN 0385475713
Set in the mid 1800's, quilts and quilt blocks are woven into the story
of a young servant girl accused of murdering her master and his
mistress. Based on a true story -- Patty Perry
Book review
in The Nation by Tom LeClair
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Atwood, Margaret Eleanor. Alias
Grace. Performance by Elizabeth McGovern. New York, Bantam Doubleday
Dell Audio Pub., 1996.
4 cassettes. 360 min. ISBN 0-553-47772-2
Audiotape
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Atwood, Margaret Eleanor. Alias Grace. Toronto, McClelland &
Stewart, 1996.
470 p. 25 cm. ISBN 077100835X
Atwood, Margaret Eleanor. Alias Grace. London, Bloomsbury,
1996.
469 p. 24 cm. ISBN 0747527873
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B
Banks, Carolyn. Patchwork, a novel of suspense. 1st ed. New
York, Crown, 1986.
229 p. 24 cm. ISBN 0517559889
Rachel's ex-husband's murdered body is found wrapped in a patchwork
quilt.
Sub by: Sherry Forrest at Omaha (Neb.) Public Library
Banks, Carolyn. Patchwork. New York, Avon, 1987, c.1986.
265 p. 17 cm. (Avon novel) ISBN 0380703068 (pbk)
Banks, Carolyn. Patchwork. Grafton, 1989, c1986.
302 p. ISBN 0586202870 (pbk)
Barker, Jane. The lining of the patch-work screen; design'd for the
farther entertainment of the ladies. London, A. Bettesworth, 1726.
201 p.
Sub by: Sally W. Lucas
Barker, Jane. Love intrigues; or The history of the amours of Bosvil
and Galesia, as related to Lucasia, in St. Germains Garden, a
novel. London, Printed for E. Curll, at the Dial and Bible against
St. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet, and C. Crownfield, at Cambridge,
1713.
71 p. 19 cm.
Sub by: Sally W. Lucas
Barker, Jane. A patch-work screen for the ladies or, Love and
virtue; recommended in a collection of instructive novels. London,
Printed for E. Curll, 1723.
viii, 143 p.
Sub by: Sally W. Lucas
Belville, Lance S., and Eric Peltoniemi. Plain Hearts.
This is a play, originally staged in 1983 by The Great North American
History Theater, music and lyrics by Peltoniemi, book by Belville, with
music performed by The Plain Hearts Band. It subsequently was staged at
least three more times by the Great American History Theater
(later name). Probably the highest profile staging was in 1984. There
was a cassette recording of the second cast released at the time in
conjunction with that production. It has never been published (unless
you count the cassette tape), but a song from the show, "Tree of Life,"
has been covered by several folk acts including Gordon Bok, Ed Trickett and Ann Mayo Muir on Folk Legacy records
and Claudia Schmidt and Sally Rogers on Red House Records -- Eric Peltoniemi
Write to Eric Peltoniemi at epeltoniem@aol.com
Sub by: Lauren Davis
Benberry, Cuesta Ray and Crabb, Carol Pinney, compilers. A patchwork of
pieces; an anthology of early quilt stories, 1845-1940. Paducah, KY,
American Quilter's Society, 1993.
359 p. 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 358-359) Time-line by Cuesta
Ray Benberry.
Sub by: Sandra Kerka
Bierce, Jane. Cold night beauty. Hard shell Word Factory,
2000.
ISBN 1-58200-513-3
Anne Pine, a young woman who makes her living quilting, thinks the
fabric made by Jay Parker Holloway III's firm is scrap, not even fit to
back her quilts -- Sharon Williams
Blake, Jennifer, Jo Anne Cassity, Linda Shertzer, and Christine Cordaire.
The quilting circle. New York, Berkley Pub. Group, 1996.
345 p. 18 cm. (Berkley historical romance) ISBN 0-425-14980-3 (pbk.)
One quilt weaves a circle of hope in this anthology of four short
romances about a quilt made in the 1840's and its future owners.
Sub by: Lisa Oberg and Judy Aversa
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Boeshaar, Andrea. The sewing circle; one woman's mentoring shapes
lives in four stories of love Authors: Andrea Boeshaar, Cathy
Marie Hake, Sally Laity, and Pamela Kaye Tracy. Barbour Pub. Co.,
2001.
345 p. ISBN 1586601350
Sub by Jane M. Buys
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Boucheron, Rose. The patchwork quilt. London, Judy Piatkus Books,
1993.
228 p. ISBN 0749902000
Sub by: Sherry Forrest at Omaha (Neb.) Public Library
Boucheron, Rose. The patchwork quilt. Long Preston, Eng.,
Dales Large Print, 1994, c1993.
368 p. (large print) 23 cm. (Dales general fiction) ISBN 1853894796
Brown, Lizbie. Broken star. 1st U.S. ed. New York, St. Martin's
Press, 1993.
192 p. 22 cm. ISBN 0312087144
First published in Great Britain by Constable & Co.
Sub by: Connie Jo Ozinga
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Brown, Lizbie. Double wedding ring. London, Hodder &
Stoughton, 1999.
324 p. 24 cm. ISBN 0340717491
Sub by Liz Thompson
Brown, Lizbie. Double wedding ring. London, New English Library,
1999.
327 p. 24 cm. ISBN 0340717513 (An Elizabeth Blair mystery)
Brown, Lizbie. Jacobs's Ladder. London, Hodder & Stoughton,
1998.
324 p. 24 cm. ISBN 0340717513 (An Elizabeth Blair mystery)
Sub by Liz Thompson
Brown, Lizbie. Jacobs's Ladder. London, New English Library,
2000.
256 p. 18 cm. ISBN 0340768193 (An Elizabeth Blair mystery)
Sub by Liz Thompson
Brown, Lizbie. Shoo-fly. 1st ed. London, Hodder & Stoughton,
1998.
312 p. 24 cm. ISBN 0340717483
Sub by Liz Thompson
Brown, Lizbie. Shoo-fly. London, New English Library, 1998.
224 p. 18 cm. ISBN 0340717505 (An Elizabeth Blair mystery)
Brown, Lizbie. Turkey tracks. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1995.
ISBN 0312131933.
When the local meddler from a wealthy family is murdered, a widow who
sells patchwork quilts in Bath and her neighbor, a dashing private eye,
join forces to solve another pattern puzzle.
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Bunn, T. Davis. The quilt. Minneapolis, Bethany House
Publishers, 1993.
125 p. 18 cm. ISBN 1556613458
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Canfield, Dorothy. "The bedquilt" in
Hillsboro people. New York, Holt, 1915.
346 p.
This short story has been reprinted many times. Check your local
library's Short Story Index for further information
Sub by: Lydia Read
Carroll, Marisa. Crossroads. New York, Harlequin Books, 1992.
299 p. 18 cm. (Tyler) ISBN 0-378-82510-2
Romance
Carroll, Marisa. Loveknot. New York, Harlequin Books, 1993.
298 p. 18 cm. (Tyler) ISBN 0-378-82512-9
Romance
Chambers, Ginger. Bachelor's puzzle. New York, Harlequin Books,
1992.
298 p. 18 cm. (Tyler) ISBN 0-373-82508-0
Romance
Chambers, Ginger. Courthouse steps. New York, Harlequin Books,
1993.
301 p. 18 cm. (Tyler) ISBN 0-373-82511-0
Romance
Chambers, Pamela Quint. The bride quilt. Kensington Pub.
Corp., 1999.
352 p. ISBN 0821762141
Romance
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Chiaverini, Jennifer. Cross-country quilters. New York, Simon &
Schuster, 2001.
400 p. ISBN 0743202570
Sequel to Round robin, this third installment in the Elm Creek
Quilts series once again features an ensemble cast of women who learn the importance of friendship
and sisterhood by way of their passion for quilting.
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Write to Jennifer Chiaverini at chiaverini@elmcreek.net Website at
Elmcreek.net
Chiaverini, Jennifer. Cross-country quilters. G.K. Hall,
2001.
(G.K. Hall large print core series) ISBN 0783895593
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Chiaverini, Jennifer. Cross-country quilters; an Elm Creek
Quilts novel. New York, Plume, 2002.
367 p. ISBN 0452283086 (pbk)
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Chiaverini, Jennifer. The quilter's apprentice; a novel. New
York, Simon & Schuster, 1999.
288 p. ISBN 0684849720
1st in the series
A young woman learns about friendship, loss, and reconciliation
through quilting lessons she receives from a reclusive widow -- Jennifer Chiaverini
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Chiaverini, Jennifer. The quilter's apprentice. Plume, 2000.
272 p. ISBN 0452281725 (pbk)
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Chiaverini, Jennifer. Round Robin; an Elm Creek quilts
novel. New York, Simon & Schuster, 2000.
304 p. ISBN 068486892X
2nd in the series
The Elm Creek Quilters have begun a round robin, a quilt created by
sewing concentric patchwork to a central block as it is passed around a
circle of friends.
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Chiaverini, Jennifer. Round Robin; an Elm Creek quilts novel.
Plume, 2001.
304 p. ISBN 0452282276 (pbk)
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Chiaverini, Jennifer. Round Robin; an Elm Creek quilts novel.
Wheeler, 2001.
(Wheeler large print book series) ISBN 1568959524
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Chiaverini, Jennifer. The Runaway quilt; an Elm Creek Quilts
novel. New York, Simon & Schuster, 2002.
256 p. ISBN 0743222261
4th in the Elm Creek quilt series
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Coel, Margaret. Ghost walker. reprint ed. Berkley Publishing
Group, 1997.
256 p. ISBN 0425159612
The body Father John O'Malley finds on the Wind River Reservation in
Wyoming is wrapped in a traditional Arapaho lone star quilt.
Sub. by Joanne Rice
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Coel, Margaret. Ghost
walker. Read by Stephanie Brush. Books in Motion, 1998.
cassettes. ISBN 1556868650
Craig, Alisa. The grub-and-stakers quilt a
bee. Garden City, N.Y., Published for the Crime Club by Doubleday, 1985.
179 p. 22 cm. ISBN 0385197675
Sub by: Connie Jo Ozinga
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Dallas, Sandra. Alice's tulips; a novel. New York, St. Martin's
Press, 2000.
240 p. ISBN 0312203594
Rich in details of quilting, Civil War-era America, and the realities of a
woman's life in the 19th Century.
Sub by: Lisa Oberg
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Dallas, Sandra. The diary of Mattie Spenser. New York, St.
Martin's Press, 1997.
229 p. 22 cm. ISBN 0-312-15515-8
Sub by: Sew Many Quilts, May/June 1998, p. 23.
Dallas, Sandra. The Persian Pickle Club. 1st ed. New York, St.
Martin's Press, 1995.
196 p. 22 cm. ISBN 0-312-13586-6
In 1930's Harveyville, Kansas, a group of local ladies dedicated to
improving their minds, exchanging gossip, and putting their quilting
skills to good use, bands together to support and protect one
another against a dark secret.
Sub by: Connie Jo Ozinga
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Dallas, Sandra. Persian Pickle
Club. Read by Moira Kelly. Soundlines Entertainment, 1995.
4 cassettes. ISBN 1568760477
Dallas, Sandra. Persian Pickle Club. 1st St. Martin's Griffin
ed. New York, St. Martin's Griffin, 1996.
196 p. 21 cm. ISBN 0312147015
Dallas, Sandra. Persian Pickle Club. London, Arrow, 1996.
196 p. 20 cm. ISBN 009727013 (pbk)
Dallas, Sandra. Persian Pickle Club. 1st Niagara ed., complete
and unabridged. New York, Niagara, Ulverscroft Group Limited, 1997.
269 p. (large print) 24 cm. ISBN 0708958567
Damashek, Barbara. Quilters, See Newman,
Molly.
Davis, Thomas J. The Christmas quilt; a novel. Nashville,
Rutledge Hill Press, 2000.
272 p. ISBN 1558538143
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Write to Tom Davis at iock100@iupui.edu
Davis, Thomas J. The Christmas quilt; a novel. Rutledge Hill
Press, 2002.
288 p. ISBN 140160031X
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Derleth, August William. "The patchwork quilt" in Dwellers in
darkness. Sauk City, Wis., Arkham House, 1976.
203 p. 20 cm. ISBN 0870540742
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Ellison, Suzanne. Arrowpoint. New York, Harlequin Books, 1992.
299 p. 18 cm. (Tyler) ISBN 0-383-82507-2
Romance
Ellison, Suzanne. Blazing star. New York, Harlequin Books,
1992.
300 p. 18 cm. (Tyler) ISBN 0-383-82505-6
Romance
F
Fisher, Dorothea Frances Canfield See Canfield,
Dorothy
Fowler, Earlene. Arkansas traveller. April 2001.
ISBN 0425178080
8th in the series
It seems that no matter where Benni goes, she finds a crime
that needs solving--and her trip to Arkansas is no exception.
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interviews Earlene Fowler
San Luis
Obispo County Telegram-Tribune interviews Earlene
Fowler
Fowler, Earlene. Dove in the window. 1st ed. New York, Berkley
Prime Crime, 1998.
290 p. 22 cm. ISBN 0-425-16299-0
5th in the series
Sub by: Lucy in Central PA
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Fowler, Earlene. Fool's puzzle. 1st ed. New York, Berkley
Prime Crime, 1994.
237 p. 22 cm. ISBN 0-425-14041-5 (hard) 0-425-14545-X (pbk)
1st in the series
While setting up an exhibit of handmade quilts, California museum
curator, Benni Harper stumbles upon the body of a brutally stabbed artist
and conducts an investigation of her own.
Sub by: Connie Jo Ozinga
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Fowler, Earlene. Goose in the pond. 1st ed. New York, Berkley
Prime Crime, 1997.
305 p. 22 cm. ISBN 0-425-15782-2
4th in the series
In San Celina, California, Benni Harper, the police chief's wife and
curator of a museum, is planning a storyteller's festival, when she
discovers the body of a storyteller, wrapped in a quilt in the town's
lake. In the middle of family squabbles, and trying to stay out of the murder
investigation, Benni ends up solving the mystery.--Jeanne Bugg
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Fowler, Earlene. Irish chain. 1st ed. New York, Berkley
Prime Crime, 1995.
309 p. 22 cm. ISBN 0-425-14619-7
2nd in the series
Ex-cowgirl, quilter, and folk-art museum curator, Benni Harper, tries to
find a link between two California murder victims, and the common thread
that bound them together in death.
Sub by: Connie Jo Ozinga
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Fowler, Earlene. Kansas troubles. 1st ed. New York, Berkley
Prime Crime, 1996.
viii, 306 p. 22 cm. (A Benni Harper mystery, 3) ISBN 0-425-15148-4
In Wichita, Benni meets an aspiring country singer and Amish quilter with
a fascinating past, and then must solve the mystery of the quilter's
murder.
Sub by: Quilter's
Newsletter Magazine, no.284, July/Aug. 1996,
p.63.
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Fowler, Earlene. Mariner's compass; a Beni Harper mystery.New
York, Prime Crime, 1999.
336 p. ISBN 0425168913 (Beni Harper mystery series, 6)
When Jacob Chandler dies, he leaves his home in Morro Bay to Benni
Harper--the only stipulation being that she must stay in the house for
two weeks alone before the inheritance becomes hers. To discover whether
he is her guardian angel or personal demon, she must follow the scavenger
hunt clues he has set up for her throughout his home.
Sub. by Lauren Works
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Fowler, Earlene. Seven sisters; a Beni Harper
mystery. New York, Prime Crime, 2000.
308 p. ISBN 0425172961
7th in the series
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Fowler, Earlene. Steps to the altar. New York, Prime Crime,
2002.
320 p. ISBN: 0425183491
9th in the series
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Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins, 1852-1930. The people of our
neighborhood. Illustrated by Alice Barber Stephens. Freeport,
N.Y., Books for Libraries Press, 1970.
161 p. ill. 21 cm. (Short story index reprint series) ISBN 0836933435
Reprint of the 1898 ed.
Frommer, Sara Hoskinson. Buried in quilts. 1st ed. New York,
St. Martin's Press, 1994.
230 p. 22 cm. ISBN 0312114729
Sub by: Connie Jo Ozinga and Cathe Antonuccio
Write to Sara Frommer at sfrommer@juno.com
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Garrett, Sally. Bachelor from Bannack. New York, Harlequin
Books, 1993.
303 p. ISBN 0373705573 (Harlequin superromance)
The heroine operates a quilt shop in Dillon, Montana, and does commission
work. She meets the hero while doing a quilting demonstration during
Bannack Days. Quilting plays a key part for the hero's mother as well --
Sally Garrett.
Write to Sally Garrett at garrsa01@holmes.ipfw.edu
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Glaspell, Susan. A jury of her peers. Mankato, Minn., Creative
Education, 1993.
48 p. 22 cm. (A creative short story) ISBN 0886824966
The short story has been reprinted in many collections. See your local
library for a complete list
Sub by: Dana Warner Fisher
Full E-text
available here
Glaspell, Susan. Trifles. New York, Frank Shay, 1916.
25 p. 20 cm. (Plays of the Washington Square Players)
One act play based on the author's short story A jury of her
peers. A woman is arrested for murdering her husband. Two neighbor
women find clues to the murder in the "trifles" she left behind,
especially in the log cabin quilt she was piecing -- Sally W. Lucas
Full
e-text available here
Glaspell, Susan. Trifles and six other short plays. London, E.
Benn, 1926.
150 p. 20 cm.
The one-act play, Trifles, has been reprinted in many other collections.
See your local library for a complete list. A motion picture by Martha
Moran is also available on film and videotape.
Gosling, Paula. The body in Blackwater Bay. London, Pan, 1992.
282 p. ISBN 0330324373
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Gosling, Paula. The body in Blackwater Bay. New York,
Mysterious Press, 1992.
278 p. map. 18 cm. ISBN 0446403199
Gosling, Paula. The body in Blackwater Bay. Little, Brown,
1992.
282 p. ISBN 0356205991
Gosling, Paula. The body in Blackwater Bay. Thorndike, Me.,
Thorndike Press, 1992.
449 p. (large print). map. 23 cm.
Gosling, Paula. The dead of winter. New York, Mysterious
Press, 1996.
328 p. 22 cm. ISBN 0892965118
Sub by: Ginney Camden
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Grenville, Kate. The idea of perfection. Viking Press, 2002.
415 p. ISBN: 0670030805
Although the book does not revolve around quilting, one of the
main characters in the book is a quilter and some mention is made of the
quilting creative process -- Liette Perron
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Gresham, Elizabeth. Puzzle in patchwork. New York, Curtis
Books, 1973.
205 p. 18 cm.
Sub by: Quilter's
Newsletter Magazine, no.284, July/Aug. 1996, p.63.
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Hager, Jean. Blooming murder; an Iris House B&B mystery. New
York, Avon, 1999.
209 p. 18 cm. ISBN 0-380-80375-5
A senior citizens center becomes the place of refuge for some seniors in
their book discussion group, quilting group, and senior meals, and the place of blackmail and murder for
others -- Sharon Williams
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Hager, Jean. Death on the drunkard's path; an Iris House mystery.
New York, Avon Books, 1996.
209 p. 18 cm. ISBN 0380772116
How does a drunkard's path quilt figure into the murder of its maker?
Sub by: Quilter's
Newsletter Magazine, no.281, April 1996, p.77.
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Hager, Jean. Sew deadly; an Iris House B&B mystery. New York,
Avon Twilight, 1998.
210 p. 18 cm. ISBN 0380786389 (pbk)
Sub by: Lauren Works
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Hall, Eliza Calvert. Aunt Jane of Kentucky. Boston, Little,
Brown, 1907.
283 p. ill. 20 cm.
Hall, Eliza Calvert. Aunt Jane of Kentucky. Boston, Little,
Brown, 1986.
283 p. ill. 20 cm. ISBN 093681005X
Facsim. reprint of the 1907 ed.
Hall, Eliza Calvert. Aunt Jane of Kentucky. Albany, NY, NCUP,
1992.
xliv, 131 p. 21 cm. (Masterworks of literature series) ISBN 0808404326
Hall, Eliza Calvert. Aunt Jane of Kentucky. Lexington, Ky,
University Press of Kentucky, 1995.
xx, 283 p. ill. 23 cm. ISBN 0813119154 (cloth), 0813108381 (paper)
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Hall, Eliza Calvert. A quilter's wisdom; conversations with Aunt
Jane. Illustrations by Anna Price-Oneglia, introduction by
Roderick Kiracofe. San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 1994.
ISBN 081180333
Based on a chapter from Aunt Jane of Kentucky by Eliza Calvert
Hall, originally published in 1907, edited and adapted for publication in
this form.
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Hampton, Joanna. The coming home quilt. Jove, 1999.
288 p. (Quilting romance series) ISBN 0515125520
Sub. by Sue E. Schaefer
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Hampton, Joanna. Woven dreams. Jove, 2000.
288 p. ISBN 0515127272
Sub. by Sue E. Schaefer
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Harper, Karen. Dark road home. New York, Signet, 1996.
444 p. 18 cm. ISBN 0451187263
Brooke, a defense attorney from Columbus, being stalked as a result of a
previous case, hides out in Ohio Amish country where she temporarily
manages a quilt shop employing local Amish women.
-- Bessie Makris at Allen County (IN) Public Library
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Haun, Mildred. "Hawk's done gone" in Hawk's done gone, and
other stories. Reprint ed. Vanderbilt University Press, 1985.
384 p. ISBN 0826512135
Sub. by Karen Travis
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Hines, Anna Grossnickle. Pieces; a year in poems and quilts.
Greenwillow, 2001.
32 p. ISBN 0688169635
Sub. by Nikki Byer
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Holden, Christine. Patterns of love. Jove, 1999.
320 p. ISBN 0515124818
Sub. by Sue E. Schaeffer
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Hoskinson, Sara See Frommer, Sara Hoskinson
House, Silas. Clay's quilt; a novel. Algonquin Books, 2001.
292 p. ISBN 1565123077
Clay has an uncle, Peter, in Appalachia, who is the family
quiltmaker, and his final gift before dying is a quilt for Clay's infant daughter. The scraps are
from the clothes of Clay's mother who was murdered when Clay was 3--Lauren
Works.
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House, Silas. Clay's quilt. Wheeler Pub., 2001.
ISBN 1587241439 (pbk) (Wheeler large print book series)
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House, Silas. Clay's quilt. Ballantine Books, 2002.
304 p. ISBN 0345450698 (pbk)
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Hubalek, Linda K. Stitch of courage, a woman's fight for
freedom. Aurora, Colo., Butterfield Books, 1996.
x, 113 p. ill., maps. 23 cm. (Trail of thread series) ISBN 1886652082
On cover: Historical letters, 1861-1865.
Includes bibliographical references.
The Trail of thread trilogy is a well-researched look at what Kansas
pioneer women faced in the late 1800's. The role of quilts and
quilting is one of the unifying themes of the story -- Bessie Makris at Allen County (IN) Public
Library.
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Hubalek, Linda K. Thimble of soil; a woman's quest for land.
Aurora, Colo., Butterfield Books, 1996.
x, 109 p. ill., maps. 23 cm. (Trail of thread series) ISBN 1886652074
(pbk)
Includes bibliographical references.
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Hubalek, Linda K. Trail of thread; a woman's westward journey.
Aurora, Colo., Butterfield Books, 1995.
x, 113 p. ill., maps. 25 cm. (Trail of thread series) ISBN 1886652066
On cover: Historical letters, 1854-1855.
Includes bibliographical references.
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Irvine, Robert R. Called home. 1st ed. New York, St. Martin's
Press, 1991.
225 p. 22 cm. (A Thomas Dunn book) ISBN 0-312-05829-2
Sub by: Sew many quilts, May/June 1998, p. 23.
Irvine, Robert R. Called home; a Moroni Traveler mystery. New
York, Pocket Books, 1993.
242 p. 18 cm. ISBN 0671749293
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Jansen, Muriel. Milky way. New York, Harlequin Books, 1992.
301 p. 18 cm. (Tyler) ISBN 0-383-82509-9
Romance
Judson, Suzanne. Harper's moon. Berkley Books, 2000.
328 p. ISBN 0425175421
Sub by Jane M. Buys
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Judson, Suzanne. Harper's moon. Thorndike, Me., G.K. Hall,
2001.
437 p. (G K Hall large print core series) ISBN 0783893906
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Kaufman, Margaret. Aunt Sallie's lament. West Burke, Vt.,
Janus Press, 1988.
Polygon shaped book inserted in case 31 x 25 cm.
Designed by Claire Van Vliet, the spine paper can slip out of the front
cover so the book accordians out.
A poem/story about a quilter with each colored page cut so that by the
end of the book a quilt patch is formed by the previous pages -- Lauren Works
Kaufman, Margaret. Aunt Sallie's lament. San Francisco,
Chronicle Books, 1993.
1 v. (unpaged) 20 cm. ISBN 0811804402
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Laury, Jean Ray. 14,287 pieces of fabric and other poems.
Lafayette, Ca, C & T Publishing, 1994.
ISBN 0-914881-75-2
Sub by: Lynne Latham
Laury, Jean Ray. Sunbonnet Sue gets it all together at home.
San Francisco, Quilt Digest Press, 1987.
24 p. ill. (some col.) 21 cm. (The Adventures of Sunbonnet Sue) ISBN
0913327115
Sub by: Quilter's
Newsletter Magazine,
no.281, April 1996, p.77.
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Laury, Jean Ray. Sunbonnet Sue goes to the quilt show. San
Francisco, Quilt Digest Press, 1987.
24 p. ill. (some col.) 21 cm. (The Adventures of Sunbonnet Sue) ISBN
0913327107
Laury, Jean Ray. Sunbonnet Sue goes to the quilt show. Fresno,
Ca., Hot Fudge Press, 1985.
20 p. ill. (some col.) 21 cm. (The Adventures of Sunbonnet Sue)
Laury, Jean Ray. Sunbonnet Sue makes her first quilt. San
Francisco, Quilt Digest Press, 1987.
24 p. ill. (some col.) 21 cm. (The Adventures of Sunbonnet Sue) ISBN
0913327093
Lawrence, Margaret. Blood-red roses. New York, Avon Twilight,
1997.
404 p. 18 cm. ISBN 0-380788802
Sub by: Margaret Misegades
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Lawrence, Margaret. Blood-red roses. London, Pan, 1998.
468 p. ill. 18 cm. ISBN 0330352385 (pbk)
Lawrence, Margaret. The burning bride. 1st ed. New York, Avon
Twilight, 1998.
387 p. 25 cm. ISBN 038097620X
Sub by: Margaret Misegades
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Lawrence, Margaret. Hearts and bones. 1st ed. New York, Avon
Books, 1996.
307 p. 25 cm. ISBN 0380973510
Hannah Trevor is a midwife in Rufford, Maine in 1786. A savage crime has
touched her world and Hannah is impelled to join constable Will Quaid in
his investigation. Piecing together the evidence is like the piecing
together of her lovingly made quilts, a slow and meticulous process --
Peggy Davis
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London, Cait. Three kisses. New York, Avon, 1998.
377 p. ISBN 0-380-80037-3
Chloe Matthews returns to the small town where she grew up, Lolo, Wyoming. As
tensions in the town build, Chloe and her two best friends decide to complete a
quilt started by the mother of Chloe's love interest, Michael Bearclaw. They find a real peace as they work on this unfinished
quilt--Annette Mahon.
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Macheski, Cecilia, editor. Quilt stories. Lexington,
University Press of Kentucky, 1994.
x, 289 p. ill. 25 cm. ISBN 0813118492, 0813108217 (pbk)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 288-289).
A colorful literary album quilt composed of the unique blocks created
and signed by the writers. More than 25 stories, poems, and plays
featuring the making of quilts, written from 1845 to the present,
mainly by American women, document an important pattern in women's
literary history.
Sub by: Sandra Kerka
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Mahon, Annette. Above the rainbow. New York, Avalon Books,
1995.
186 p. 21 cm. (An Avalon career romance) ISBN 0803491425
Melia's heart belongs to her Hawaiian quilting, and the
Pink Plumeria Quilt Shop, until architect Eric Kimball comes into
her life--Annette Mahon.
Sub by: Quilter's
Newsletter Magazine,no.284, July/Aug. 1996, p.63.
Write to Annette Mahon at AMahon16@aol.com.
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Mahon, Annette. Chase your dream. New York, Avalon Books,
1997.
184 p. 20 cm. (An Avalon romance) ISBN 0803492456
Follow the adventures of Pamela Perreira and the Pink Plumeria Quilt Shop
introduced in Above the rainbow. Pamela Perreira,
now managing the shop for her cousin Melia, is surprised by her growing
friendship with amateur triathlete and novelist Trent Longhurst--Annette
Mahon.
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Mahon, Annette. Maui Rose. New York, Avalon Books, 1996.
183 p. 21 cm. (An Avalon romance) ISBN 0803491824
Dr. Lani Kalima, a local pediatrician, and Derek Wolfe, former
football star and the newest restauranteur in Lahiana, Maui, are
an unlikely pair. But the more they see of each other, the greater the
attraction. There is a family quilt that Lani's mother plans to pass on to
her on her wedding day -- a Hawaiian quilt in the "Maui Beauty" pattern--Annette
Mahon
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Mahon, Annette. A phantom death. New York, Avalon Books,
2000.
216 p. ISBN 0-8034-9429-7
This is the first in what I hope will be a series, and introduces Maggie
Browne and the St. Rose Quilting Bee of Scottsdale, AZ. Maggie and her
friends solve mysteries over the quilting frame--Annette Mahon.
Martin, Nancy. Monkey wrench. New York, Harlequin Books, 1992.
301 p. 18 cm. (Tyler) ISBN 0-383-82504-8
Romance
Martin, Nancy. Whirlwind. New York, Harlequin Books, 1992.
298 p. 18 cm. (Tyler) ISBN 0-383-82501-3
Romance
Mason, Sarah J. Sew easy to kill. New York, Berkley Prime
Crime, 1996.
203 p. 18 cm. ISBN 0-425-15310-X
"The woman who is bumped off by the sewing machine was at work quilting a
satin wallhanging. I don't think Mrs. Mason knows much about
quilting." Not a recommended read except for the unusual method of
murder -- Christine Thresh
McCrumb, Sharyn. The Hangman's beautiful daughter. New York,
Scribner, 1992.
306 p. 25 cm. ISBN 0684194074
Part of a series of mysteries set in a small town in east Tennessee, a
quilt made by an elderly local woman with the sight foretells several
deaths in the community. The quilt features grave stones, coffins, and
spider webs -- Michal Angus
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McCrumb, Sharyn. The Hangman's beautiful daughter. Hampton
Falls, N.H., Beeler Large Print, 1996.
295 p. (large print) 25 cm. ISBN 1574900692
McCrumb, Sharyn. The rosewood casket. Signet, 1997.
432 p. ISBN 0451184718
Randall Stargill's four sons return to their dying father's east Tennessee
home to build a rosewood casket. Their wives comb through trunks in the
attic to make a scrap quilt to line the casket.
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McCrumb, Sharyn. The rosewood
casket. Blackstone Audio Books, 1996.
7 cassettes. 10.5 hrs. unabridged. ISBN 0-7861-0994-7
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McLeod, Charlotte See Craig, Alisa
Michaels, Barbara. Stitches in time. 1st ed. New
York, HarperCollins, c1995.
307 p. 24 cm. ISBN 0060177632
Suspenseful story involving an antique album quilt made for a
bride, but with a twist -- Jennifer E.
McMullen. About a vintage quilt that had sympathetic magic sewn
into it -- Susan K. Ford. Third
in a triology begun by Ammie, come home (1968) which
introduces characters who reappear and Shattered silk (1986)
about preservation of vintage clothing. All three are great stories
which I think should be read in order -- Christine Reusser
Sub by: Connie Jo Ozinga and Linda Smith
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Michaels, Barbara. Stitches in
time. Performed by Barbara Rosenblat. New York, Harper Audio,
1995.
2 cassettes. 3 hrs. abridged. ISBN 0-69451-553-1
Michaels, Barbara. Stitches in
time. Narrated by Barbara Rosenblat. Prince Frederick, MD, Recorded Books, 1995.
10 cassettes. 13.5 hrs. unabridged. ISBN 0788703390
Michaels, Barbara. Stitches in
time. Read by Frances Cassidy. B-O-T library ed. Newport Beach, CA, Books on Tape, 1995.
9 cassettes. 13.5 hrs. unabridged.
Michaels, Barbara. Stitches in time. Thorndike, Me.,
G.K. Hall ; Bath, Avon, England, Chivers Press, 1995.
456 p. (large print) 25 cm. ISBN 0783813562
Mitchell, Felicia, editor. Words & quilts; a selection of quilt
poems. Lincolnwood, Ill., Quilt Digest Press, 1996.
xii, 83 p. col. ill. 28 cm. ISBN 0844226440
Sub by: Janie Stokes
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Montano, Judith Baker. Recollections. Lafayette, Calif., C & T
Pub., 1993.
152 p. ill. (some col.) 23 cm. ISBN 0914881590
Sub by: Quilter's
Newsletter Magazine, no.281, April 1996, p.77.
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Moser, Marie. Courtepoint; roman. Saint-Laurent, Édition du
Club Québec loisirs, 1991.
188 p. 21 cm. ISBN 2894300158
French translation of Counterpoint.
Moser, Marie. Courtepoint; roman. Montreal,
Quebec/Amerique, 1991.
288 p. 21 cm. (Collection litterature d'Amerique. Traduction) ISBN
2890375250
Moser, Marie. Counterpoint; a novel. Toronto, Irwin, 1987.
166 p. 21 cm. ISBN 0-7725-1661-8
On the journey, Odette recaptures the memories and symbols her
Quebec-born grandmother stitched into the coverlet (the counterpoint)
which she inherited.
Sub by: Meredith Helgeson
Myers, Anna Balmer. Patchwork; a story of "the plain people". New
York, A.L. Burt, 1920.
338 p.
A charming story of a young girl growing up within the confines
of a community of "plain people", including her first romance. Some of
the book is in a Diary format , with delightful early twentieth century
reminiscence -- RoseAnn Young
Myers, Anna Balmer. Patchwork; a story of "the plain people".
Philadelphia, G.W. Jacobs, 1920.
338 p. plates. 19 cm.
Myers, Tamar. Just plain pickled to death; a Pennyslvania Dutch
mystery with recipes. New York, Penguin Group, 1997.
266 p. 18 cm. (Signet mystery) ISBN 0451192931 (pbk)
Not particularly quilty, just mentioned the quilting frame being set up
for B & B clients to work on -- Mary Ann in Alberta
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Myers, Tamar. No use dying over spilled milk; a Pennsylvania Dutch
mystery with recipes. New York, Dutton, 1996.
260 p. 22 cm. ISBN 0525940995
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Myers, Tamar. Parsley, sage, rosemary, and crime. 1st ed. New
York, Doubleday, 1995.
270 p. 22 cm. ISBN 0385471408
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Myers, Tamar. Too many crooks spoil the broth; a Pennsylvania-Dutch
mystery with recipes. 1st ed. New York, Doubleday, 1994.
245 p. 22 cm. (A perfect crime book) ISBN 0385471394
Sub by: Quilter's
Newsletter Magazine, no.284, July/Aug. 1996, p.63.
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Neggers, Carla. Wisconsin wedding. New York, Harlequin Books,
1992.
300 p. 18 cm. (Tyler) ISBN 0-383-82503-X
Romance
Newman, Molly and Damashek, Barbara. Quilters. New York,
Dramatists Play Service, 1986.
228 p. ill., music. 24 cm. Libretto; includes piano-vocal score.
Based on The quilters, women and domestic art by Patricia Cooper
and Norma Bradley Allen
Sub by: Kathy Tuttle
Newman, Molly and Damashek, Barbara. Quilters. New York,
Dramatists Play Service, 1986.
103 p. 24 cm. Libretto only.
Newman, Molly and Damashek, Barbara. Quilters. New York,
Newman Damashek, 1982.
84 leaves. 28 cm.
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Osborn, Karen. Patchwork. 1st ed. Harcourt Brace, 1991.
309 p. ISBN 0151712921
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Osborn, Karen. Patchwork; a novel. reprint ed. Harcourt,
Brace, 1992.
(Harvest American writing series) ISBN 0156713659 (pbk)
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Otten, Carol Card. Pieces of yesterday. Jove, 1999.
320 p. (Quilting romance) ISBN 0515125245
Sub. by Sue E. Schaefer
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Otto, Whitney. How to
make an American quilt. 1st ed. New York, Villard Books,
1991.
179 p. 21 cm. ISBN 0679400702
The art of quiltmaking becomes a metaphor for the realities of being a
woman in America as the stories of seven members of a contemporary
California quilting group unfold.
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Otto, Whitney. How to make an American quilt. Boston, G.K.
Hall, 1992.
(G.K. Hall large print book series) ISBN 081615338
Otto, Whitney. How to make an
American quilt; a novel. Abridgment by Lynn Lauber; read by Judith Ivey. New York, Random House Audiobooks,
1995.
2 cassettes. 3 hrs. ISBN 0679409408
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Page, Katherine Hall. The body in the basement. 1st ed. New
York, St. Martin's Press, 1994.
289 p. ill. 22 cm. (Thomas Dunne book) ISBN 0312114702
Sub by: Roberta Addington
Page, Katherine Hall. The body in the cast. 1st ed. New York,
St. Martin's Press, 1993.
276 p. ill. 22 cm. (A Thomas Dunn book.) ISBN 0-312-09755-7
Sub by: Sew many quilts, May/June 1998, p. 23.
Page, Katherine Hall. The body in the cast. New York, Avon
Books, 1994.
260 p. 18 cm. ISBN 0380723387 (pbk)
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Page, Katherine Hall. The body in the kelp. 1st ed. New York,
St. Martin's Press, 1991.
212 p. 22 cm. ISBN 0312053924
Sub by: Connie Jo Ozinga
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Palmer, Catherine. Lone star See Palmer, Catherine. A Victorian Christmas
quilt
Palmer, Catherine, editor. A Victorian Christmas
quilt. Tyndale House Pub., 1998.
400 p. (Heartquest) ISBN 0842377735
Four short romance novellas include Catherine Palmer's "Lone star", Debra
White Smith's "The wedding ring", Ginny Aiken's "Log cabin patch", and
Peggy Stok's "Crosses and losses."
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Paton Walsh, Jill. A piece of justice; an Imogen
Quy mystery. 1st ed. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1995.
182 p. 21 cm. ISBN 0312131453
Imogen Quy -- nurse, detective, and quilter with a love for contemporary
quilts -- finds an important clue to a murder in the pattern of an old
quilt in a remote English cottage. Quilters will also enjoy the
descriptions of Imogen and her quilt buddies as they plan a group quilt,
using the pattern "The Coast of Maine." -- Florence Davis
Sub by: Connie Jo Ozinga
Write to Jill Paton Walsh at jpw@greenbay.clara.net. Web
page at http://www.greenbay.co.uk/jpw.html
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Peart, Jane. Designs of the heart: the pattern, the pledge, the
promise. Inspiration Co., 1999.
ISBN 0887862232
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Peart, Jane. The pattern. Grand Rapids, Mich., Zondervan, 1996.
239 p. 21 cm. (American quilt series, 1) ISBN 0310201667 (pbk)
Set prior to the Civil War, well-to-do Johanna, despite her family's
objections, marries a doctor from a poor family. They move to western
North Carolina where they forge a marriage based on their Christian faith
and love amidst the harsh realities of mountain life.
Sub by: OhioLink
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Peart, Jane. The pattern. Thorndike, Me., Thorndike Press,
1996.
335 p. (large print) 23 cm. (American quilt series, 1) ISBN 0786213043
Peart, Jane. The pledge. Grand Rapids, Mich., Zondervan, 1996.
250 p. 21 cm. (American quilt series, 2) ISBN 0310201675 (pbk)
Joahnna's daughter Josie falls in love with a Philadelphia seminary
student who is outcase from the southern community when he chooses to
fight for the North in the Civil War. After the war they move to
California as pioneers.
Sub by: OhioLink
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Peart, Jane. The promise. Grand Rapids, Mich., Zondervan,
1996.
233 p. 21 cm. (American quilt series, 3) ISBN 03010201683 (pbk)
Josie's daughter Jo grows up in California and falls in love with a
missionary. After marriage the couple moves to Hawaii where adventure
awaits them.
Sub by: OhioLink
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Peltoneimi, Eric. Plain hearts See Belville, Lance S.
Perry, Phyllis Alesia. Stigmata. 1st ed. New York, Hyperion,
1998.
235 p. ill. 22 cm. ISBN 0-7868-6408-7
Sub by: Gloria Ostrander-Dykstra
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Rivers, Francine. The scarlet thread. Wheaton, Ill., Tyndale
House Publishers, 1996.
462 p. map. 22 cm. ISBN 0842335684
A woman of the nineties and a young pioneer on the Oregon Trail -- though
lifetimes apart, they shared a remarkable journey and a patchwork quilt
pulls the entire story together -- Kathy Murkot
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Rodger, Jean C. Mary Ann's Patchwark Twilt. Forfar [Scot.],
Forfar Press, [193_?]
48 p. 18 cm. (A Mary Ann book)
Written in broad Forfar Scots, each of the little anecdotes describes
a place associated with the patches in Mary Ann's quilt, acquired from
1899 to 1931 -- Jack Campin
Runge, Tina. Treasures of the heart. Jove, 1999.
288 p. (Quilting romance series) ISBN 0515126802
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Sandberg, H. W. Crazy quilt murders.
Sub by: Sew many quilts, May/June 1998, p. 23.
Schertzer, Linda. Mended hearts. Jove Publications, 1999.
288 p. ISBN 051512611X (Quilting romance series)
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Shields, Carol. A fairly conventional woman. Toronto,
Macmillan of Canada, 1982.
216 p. 24 cm. ISBN 077159724X
Later published under title: Happenstance.
Shields, Carol. Happenstance, a novel. Toronto; New York,
McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1980.
216 p. 23 cm. ISBN 0070923779
Sub by: Marion Yarema
Shields, Carol. Happenstance. New York, Penguin, 1994.
193, 197 p. 20 cm. ISBN 0140179518
Consists of 2 novels: Happenstance, the husband's story, previously published under title Happenstance; and
Happenstance, the wife's story previously published under title
A fairly conventional woman. Second novel on inverted pages.
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Smith, Debra White. The wedding ring See Palmer, Catherine. A Victorian Christmas
quilt
Smyth, Donna E. Quilt. Lockeport, N.S., Roseway Pub., 1994.
ISBN 0969840713
A novel about women's lives, relationships, domestic violence,
compassion, and the differences between rural and urban life -- Meredith
MacLachlan
Smyth, Donna E. Quilt. Toronto, Ont., Women's Press, 1982.
121 p. 21 cm. ISBN 0889610738
Snelling, Lauraine. The healing quilt. Westbrook Press, 2002.
384 p. ISBN 1578565383
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Sterling, Cynthia. Patchwork hearts. Berkley/Jove, 1999.
320 p. ISBN 0-515-12446-X
My book is set in Texas just after the Civil War. The heroine, Lucy
O'Connor, makes and sells quilts and uses the money to buy cattle.
Includes a number of quilting superstitions and historical traditions --
Cynthia Sterling
Write to Cynthia Sterling at CySterling@aol.com
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Steward, Joyce S., compiler. Quilting; quotations celebrating an
American legacy. Philadelphia, Running Press, 1994.
131 p. col. ill. 84 mm. (A Running Press miniature edition) ISBN
1561384186
This miniature book is filled with literary quotations and full-color
photos of more than 20 antique American quilts--a joyous tribute to quilts
and quiltmakers.
Sub by: Quilter's
Newsletter Magazine, no.281, April 1996, p.77.
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Stok, Peggy. Crosses and losses See Palmer, Catherine. A Victorian Christmas
quilt
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Taylor, Phoebe Atwood. The crimson patch; an Asey Mayo mystery of
Cape Cod. 1st ed. New York, W.W. Norton, 1936.
287 p. 20 cm.
Sub by: Sue Bone
Taylor, Phoebe Atwood. The crimson patch; an Asey Mayo mystery.
New York, Pyramid Books, 1971.
239 p. 18 cm. (Pyramid mystery, T2491)
Taylor, Phoebe Atwood. The crimson patch; an Asey Mayo
mystery. Woodstock, VT, Foul Play Press, 1986.
239 p. 17 cm. (A Foul Play Press book)
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Tyler, Anne. The patchwork planet. New York, Knopf, 1998.
287 p. 23 cm. ISBN 037540256X
A warm novel about growing up and growing old. The patchwork in question
is the property of one of the elderly women in the story -- Elizabeth Johnstone
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Tyler, Anne. The patchwork
planet. Read by David Morse. New York, Random House Audiobooks,
1998.
4 cassettes. 5 hrs. ISBN 0375403086
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Tyler, Anne. The patchwork planet. London, Chatto & Windus,
1998.
287 p. 23 cm. ISBN 0701167963
Tyler, Anne. The patchwork planet. 1st large print ed. New York,
Random House Large Print, 1998.
370 p. (large print) 24 cm. ISBN 0375702903
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Walker, Alice. Everyday use. Edited and with an
introduction by Barbara T. Christian. New Brunswick, N.J., Rutgers
University Press, 1994.
vi, 229 p. ill. 24 cm. (Women writers) ISBN 0813520754 (cloth)
0813520762 (pbk.)
Short story reprinted from In love & trouble
A black mother and daughter argue over the possession and value of two
family quilts -- Betty Reynolds,
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Walker, Alice. "Everyday use" in In love & trouble;
stories of black women. New York, Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich,
1973, p. 47-60
Walsh, Jill Paton See Paton Walsh, Jill
Warren, Pat. Bright hopes. New York, Harlequin Books, 1992.
299 p. 18 cm. (Tyler) ISBN 0-373-82502-1
Romance
Warren, Pat. Sunshine. New York, Harlequin Books, 1993.
301 p. 18 cm. (Tyler) ISBN 0-373-82506-4
Romance
Webb, Aliske. The Fragile Thread. Starburst Pub., 1999.
208 p. ISBN 0914984543
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Webb, Aliske. Murder at the Quilt Show.
Englewood, CO, Quilt Inn Publishing, 1995.
vii, 187 p. 23 cm. ISBN 0969649193
Anyone who ever attended a quilt show and bought something from a
vendor whould read this book.
Sub by: Marion Yarema and Jennifer Sieminski
Webb, Aliske. The phoenix quilt; a novel. New York,
HarperCollinsPublishers, 1997.
ISBN 0060187255
Webb, Aliske. Scrap quilt memories; a heroine's journey.
Scarborough, Ont., Quilt Inn Printworks, 1993.
140 p. ill. 22 cm. (Grama's quilt series book) ISBN 0969649118
Sub by: Quilter's
Newsletter Magazine,
no.281, April 1996, p.77.
Webb, Aliske. Twelve golden threads; lessons for successful living
from Grama's quilt. 1st ed. New York, HarperCollinsPublishers,
1996.
ISBN 0060174633
The story of a family of strong women and their journey through the quilt
of life. As a grandmother teachers her two granddaughters how to quilt, her
lessons become a profound metaphor for successful living.
Sub by: Quilter's
Newsletter Magazine,
no.281, April 1996, p.77.
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Webb, Aliske. Twelve golden threads; lessons for successful living
from Grama's quilt. Scarborough, Ont., Quilt Inn Printworks, 1992.
155 p. ill. 22 cm. ISBN 096964910X
Webb, Aliske. Twelve golden
threads; lessons for successful living
from Grama's quilt. Abridged; read by the author. New York, Harper
Audio, 1996.
2 cassettes. 2 hours. ISBN 0-69451-712-7
Wendorf, Patricia. Double wedding ring. London, Hamish
Hamilton/Viking Penguin, 1989.
484 p. 24 cm. ISBN 0241127424
Rhoda Greypaull left the Somerset farm of her father in 1857 to go to
America to marry her dead cousin's husband and care for their baby.
Quilting plays an important part in the development of the story --
Gretchen Freeman
Wendorf, Patricia. Double wedding ring. London, Penguin, 1990.
496 p. ISBN 014013283X (pbk)
Whitson, Stephanie Grace. Sarah's patchwork. Nashville, Thomas
Nelson, 1998.
287 p. 21 cm. (Keepsake legacies) ISBN 0-7852-7185-6
"A Janet Thoma book."
The absorbing story of quiet, unassuming Sarah Biddle, and the hopes,
dreams, tragedies, and romance she stitches into an heirloom quilt -- Nann
Blaine Hilyard
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Wilson, Neill Compton. The nine brides and Granny Hite. New
York, Morrow, 1952.
244 p. 22 cm.
Granny Hite gathers together nine prospective brides for a quilting bee.
As the group works on the quilts each woman tells the story of her
courtship. Set in the Appalachian Mountains in approximately the late
1940's -- Jane Dillon
Worth, Lenora. The wedding quilt. Steeple Hill, 1997.
ISBN 0373870124
Romance
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Yount, Ila. Patchwork. Nashville, Tenn., Rutledge Hill Press,
1987.
216 p. 24 cm. ISBN 0934395454
Sub by: Quilter's
Newsletter Magazine, no.281, April 1996, p.77.
Yount, Ila. Sunshine and shadows; a novel. Nashville,
Tenn., Rutledge Hill Press, 1992.
203 p. 24 cm. ISBN 1558532013
Sub by: Quilter's
Newsletter Magazine, no.281, April 1996, p.77.
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these new, used, or out-of-print books
Half.com, for new, used, and out-of-print books
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and librarians worldwide.
Last updated August 2, 2002
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