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121) The katha chest
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
"Asiya loves to visit Nanu’s house where she can rummage through Nanu’s katha chest filled with quilts. There are stories in each of the quilts that her Nanu has collected through the years, all about the bold and brave women in Asiya’s family. Among all of the games and exciting things at Nanu’s house, Asiya thinks these hidden histories are the grandest treasure." --publisher's website
Pub. Date
[2017].
Description
"For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me" (Psalm 31:3). The scripture embroidered on the back of a beloved quilt brings hope to three generations of Pennsylvania Amish women at Christmastime.
Luella's promise: Luella Ebersol has been caregiver for a dying woman and her young son. When Dena Lapp gives Luella her favorite quilt, she makes Luella promise to pass it down to her daughter. But Luella isn't...
Author
Series
The Brixton Brothers volume 1
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Description
When twelve-year-old Steve Brixton, a fan of Bailey Brothers detective novels, is mistaken for a real detective, he must elude librarians, police, and the mysterious Mr. E as he seeks a missing quilt containing coded information.
Series
Pub. Date
[1998]
Description
A Victorian Christmas Quilt will take you there ... to Christmas in England, where a spunky Texas gal faces an arranged marriage, with only her Lone Star quilt to remind her of her faraway home ... to the mountains of Colorado, where an heirloom Wedding Ring quilt paves the way for the mending of an old rift with a new love ... to a rustic cabin in Washington State, where a Log Cabin Patch quilt symbolizes the new hope awaiting a lonely young woman...
Author
Series
Mysteries of Lancaster County volume 3.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
Mystery arises at Secondhand Blessings when Martha promises to hold a unique crazy quilt for her late mother’s best friend Anne, who says it is a family heirloom. But then an elderly Amish customer comes along and demands that she be allowed to buy the quilt, claiming that it belonged to her family. Do the two share some connection the Classens don’t know about? Can Amish neighbor Rachel Fischer help the sisters uncover the clues they need from...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
"Complicated and confusing romance continues for Josephine's Guest House proprietor Kate Meyr. John Baker--Kate's lakehouse neighbor, a writer, and wannabe lover--intrigues Kate with his research on quilts for a magazine article. In the process, she discovers unusual destinations for quilts, even in her own family. These stories are precious and everlasting. But not all is precious in Borna as Kate faces a fight for her life in her beloved home. Thanks...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Ann Hazelwood makes her return to AQS with The Forgiving Quilt, the first novel in the East Perry County Series.After the death of her husband brings out hurtful secrets, Kate Meyer strikes out to cleave her life from his. She vows to restore the property he left her in Borna, Missouri, and sell it, but the longer Kate stays in town, the harder she finds it to leave. Her life becomes even more embroiled in Borna when she discovers a mysterious quilt...
Author
Series
Description
Anna Del Maso's twin passions have converged in her position as head chef at Elm Creek Manor. A full renovation of the kitchen must be completed by the start of the new season, and she and Sylvia Bergstrom Compson begin to dismantle the old to make way for the new. Sylvia's reminiscences remind them of how many of the manor's traditions have involved food and celebrations. Just as there is a recipe for every story, there is a story for every recipe....
Series
Elm Creek Quilts volume 16
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Bonnie's quilting shop goes out of business just as her divorce approaches. But Bonnie gets a chance to escape when her old friend Claire invites her to Hawaii to help launch a new quilter's retreat at a charming bed and breakfast.