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Author
Series
Women of Lancaster County volume 4
Publisher
Harvest House Publishers
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
Seamstress Izzy Mueller is reunited with Zed Bayer, an old Mennonite flame of whom her Amish family disapproves, and Izzy must choose a future with her family, with Zed, or a completely different future of her own.
Author
Series
Tales from Ivy Hill volume 3
Language
English
Description
"In 1821, several villagers of Ivy Hill have found new love and purpose, while questions and dreams remain. When a secretive new dressmaker arrives, the ladies suspect she isn't who she claims to be. While residents of Ivy Hill anticipate one wedding, an unexpected bride may surprise them all."--
Author
Series
Magical dressmaking mystery volume 1
Publisher
Obsidian
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Opening a custom dressmaking boutique in the old farmhouse she inherited from her late great-grandmother, Harlow Jane Cassidy gets more than she bargained for when her first client is accused of murder and she must help find the real killer--with a little help from beyond.
Author
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
A dressmaker in London's busiest shop, Miss Anabelle Honeycote overhears the ton's steamiest secrets-and (occasionally) uses them to her advantage. It isn't something she's proud of, but the reluctant blackmailer needs the money to care for her gravely ill mother. To make up for her misdeeds, Anabelle keeps to a firm set of rules: Never request payment from someone who cannot afford it. Never request payment from someone who cannot afford it. Never...
Author
Series
Magical dressmaking mystery volume 3
Publisher
Obsidian Mystery
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Bliss, Texas, is gearing up for its annual Winter Wonderland festival, but when a mysterious Scrooge ends the merriment with murder, it'll take more than a ghost from Christmas past to set things right.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
On the eve of Princess Sophia's wedding the Scandinavian city of Skyggehavn prepares to fete the occasion with a sumptuous display of riches. Yet beneath the veneer of celebration, a shiver of darkness creeps through the palace halls. A mysterious illness plagues the royal family, threatening the lives of the throne's heirs, and a courtier's wolfish hunger for the king's favors sets a devious plot in motion. In the palace at Skyggehave, things are...
Author
Series
Gilded Age girls club volume 1
Publisher
Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In the first novel of Maya Rodale's enthralling new series, an English duke vows to make an American seamstress his duchess.
Author
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Niamh Ó Conchobhair has never let herself long for more. The magic in her blood that lets her stitch emotions and memories into fabric is the same magic that will eventually kill her. Determined to spend the little time she has left guaranteeing a better life for her family, Niamh jumps at the chance to design the wardrobe for a royal wedding in the neighboring kingdom of Avaland. But Avaland is far from the fairytale that she imagined. While young...
Author
Series
Heirloom secrets volume 1
Publisher
Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
In 1946, Millie Middleton left home to keep her heritage hidden, carrying the dream of owning a dress store. Decades later, when Harper's future in fashion falls apart, she visits her mentor Millie. When the revelation of a family secret leads them to Charleston and a rare opportunity, can they overcome doubts and failures for a chance at their dreams?
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Devastated by the sudden death of her mother--a quiet, loving and intensely private Southern seamstress called Miss Mabel, who overflowed with pearls of Ozarks wisdom but never spoke of her own family--Sutton Douglas makes the impulsive decision to pack up and head north to the Michigan resort town where she believes she'll find answers to the lifelong questions she's had about not only her mother's past but also her own place in the world. Recalling...
Author
Publisher
Montlake Romance
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
In the small town of Celeste, Texas, Mitzi Taylor has never quite fit inside the lines. Nearly six feet tall, flame-haired, and with a plus-size spirit to match every curve, she's found her niche: a custom wedding-dress boutique catering to big brides-to-be with big dreams. Taking the plunge alongside her two best friends, she's proud they've turned The Perfect Dress into a perfect success. Just when Mitzi has it all pulled together, Graham Harrison...
Author
Series
Knitting mystery volume 11
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
When an acquaintance turns up murdered outside the intended classroom space for her yarn shop, Kelly Flynn unravels a long list of suspects.
17) The pink suit
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
On November 22, 1963, the First Lady accompanied her husband to Dallas, Texas, dressed in a pink Chanel-style suit. Much of her wardrobe came from the New York boutique Chez Ninon, where a young seamstress, named Kate, worked behind the scenes to craft the outfits. When the pink suit Kate created becomes iconic for all the wrong reasons, her already fragile world, divided between the excess and artistry of Chez Ninon and the traditional values of...
18) Fallen beauty
Author
Publisher
New American Library
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
When Laura, an unwed seamstress struggling to support her daughter in 1920s upstate New York, works with bohemian poet Edna St. Vincent Millay, a complex friendship develops amid growing public scrutiny and small-town gossip. --Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Nightingale mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"New York, 1924. Vivian Kelly's days are filled with drudgery, from the tenement lodging she shares with her sister to the dress shop where she sews for hours every day. But at night, she escapes to The Nightingale, an underground dance hall where illegal liquor flows and the band plays the Charleston with reckless excitement. With a bartender willing to slip her a free glass of champagne and friends who know the owner, Vivian can lose herself in...
Author
Language
English
Description
"London, 1947: Besieged by the harshest winter in living memory, burdened by onerous shortages and rationing, the people of postwar Britain are enduring lives of quiet desperation in spite of their nation's recent victory. Among them are Ann Hughes and Miriam Dassin, embroiderers in the famed Mayfair fashion house of Norman Hartnell. Together they forge an unlikely friendship, but their bond, along with their nascent hopes for a brighter future, are...
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