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Series
Half-stitched Amish quilting club volume 1
Language
English
Description
Stitch by stitch, six unlikely lives are transformed with a little help from an Amish widow's quilting classes. . .and the healing hand of God. Annotation: Stitch by stitch, six unlikely lives are transformed with a little help from an Amish widow's quilting classes. . .and the healing hand of God.
Author
Series
Amish matchmaker mystery volume 1
Language
English
Description
When widowed Millie Fisher moves back to her childhood home of Harvest, Ohio, she notices one thing right away - the young Amish are bungling their courtships and marrying the wrong people! A quiltmaker by trade, Millie has nevertheless stitched together a few lives in her time, with truly romantic results. Her first mission? Her own niece, widowed gardener Edith Hochstetler, recently engaged to rude, greedy Zeke Miller. Anyone can see he's not right...
3) Slay bells
Author
Publisher
Five Star
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Christmas is approaching, but it doesn't look like a good one for the St. Rose parishioners. First, Kathy Romelli and her son are murdered in their home. Before the Quilting Bee can recover from that devastating loss, Clare is frightened half to death by an attempted carjacking... Just as the Quilting Bee members think they have discovered the culprit, their favorite suspect is found dead of an apparent suicide.
Author
Series
Elm Creek quilts volume 18
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
Meditating on the weddings she has attended in Elm Creek Manor throughout the years on the morning of her daughter's wedding day, Sarah McClure evaluates the symbolic features on a wedding quilt designed to display the signatures of beloved guests.
Author
Series
Publisher
Abingdon Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Annie's life is deliciously full as the Christmas season approaches. She helps her husband, Samuel, attend to the community's minor medical needs. She occasionally assists Belinda, the local midwife, and most days, she finds herself delivering the buggy to her brother Adam. Annie’s sister-in-law Leah is due to deliver their first child before Christmas morning, and Annie is determined to finish a crib quilt before the boppli arrives. With six weeks...
Author
Series
Amish matchmaker mystery volume 3
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Millie is happy that her childhood friend, Uriah Schrock, has returned to Harvest after decades away. He was sweet on Millie in their school days, but she only had eyes for her future husband. Now, there?s a new spark between them, so Millie is concerned when Uriah doesn?t show up at the Harvest concert series?or for his job as the Village square?s groundskeeper. Perhaps Millie has been involved in too many murder investigations, but she has a sinking...
Author
Language
English
Description
As her only child readies for college, fabric shop owner Linda Davis is torn between excitement for Molly and heartache for herself. Mother and daughter decide to share one last adventure -- a cross-country road trip to move Molly into her dorm. As they make their way through the heart of the nation, Linda pieces together the scraps that make up Molly's young life. And in stitching each bit of fabric, she discovers that the memories can come together...
9) Cowboy honor
Author
Series
Longhorn Canyon volume 2
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Patience was never one of her virtues. After her SUV runs off the road in the middle of a Texas blizzard and her cell stops working, Claire Mason is about to snap. Getting back home to Oklahoma with her four-year-old niece is top priority. And lucky for her, help comes in the form of a true Texas cowboy... Levi Jackson has always been a sucker for strays. So he can't help getting involved when he comes across Claire and her little niece shivering...
Author
Series
Elm Creek quilts volume 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Sylvia Compson discovers evidence of her ancestors' involvement with the Underground Railroad, it raises the historical issue of the use of quilts as a method of signalling fugitive slaves.
Author
Series
Elm Creek quilts volume 21
Language
English
Description
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.
13) Spider web
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Memory Festival is a celebration of recollections and loved ones through crafts. But when a local cop is wounded by a mysterious sharpshooter who seems to have a vendetta against the police, Benni fears for "her" loved ones, especially her police chief husband.
14) Bright hopes
Author
Series
St. Rose quilting bee mystery volume 3
Publisher
Five Star
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Loud explosions are ruining sleep for hundreds of Scottsdale residents in the hot July nights, including members of the St. Rose Quilting Bee. Things become serious when Maggie's police officer son is injured by one of the blasts. Then a church member dies when an explosion topples a roof onto the lounge chair where he lies sleeping. The women think bored teenagers may be playing with fireworks, but Edie is thinking terrorists. The others scoff, until...
Author
Series
Queen bees quilt mystery volume 2
Publisher
Center Point Publishing
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
The French Quarter restaurant is a favorite of Portia "Po" Paltrow and her happy band of quilters, the Queen Bees -- and not just because the proprietor and chef, Picasso, does wonders for their collective palates, but because the relative newcomer is one of the warmest, friendliest people in the town of Crestwood, Kansas. So when Picasso's glamorous wife, Laurel St. Pierre, is murdered, the town is in an uproar and the Queen Bees are determined to...
16) Just in Time
Author
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Grace Saunders has always assumed that bright, clear lines separate right from wrong. Now that idealism is blurred by dilemmas that test her beliefs about marriage and loyalty, and she must look to her new friends and inside herself for answers.
Author
Series
Elm Creek quilts volume 15
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Elm Creek Quilters are home for the holidays, during which days spent hand-stitching heartfelt gifts for loved ones brings forth the true spirit of generosity and kindness, especially when Gwen gifts a quilt project to her mentor's bone-marrow donor.
Author
Series
Amish matchmaker mystery volume 2
Language
English
Description
Between minding a pair of rambunctious goats, meetings with her quilting circle, and matchmaking, Millie Fisher has plenty to keep her busy through her golden years. But the witty widow always makes time to solve the odd murder . . . Some Amish men don't know what's good for them. That's what Millie Fisher told herself when young Ben Baughman set his heart on marrying Tess Lieb. With Tess's father refusing to give his blessing and Tess's ex-boyfriend...
20) The lost quilter
Author
Series
Elm Creek quilts volume 14
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Master quilter Sylvia Compson investigates her ancestry and discovers unexpected connections to a runaway slave and quilter who traveled the Underground Railroad to Elm Creek Farm before she was captured and returned to Virginia.
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