The winding ways quilt

Resource Information

The work The winding ways quilt represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Mid-Continent Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

The winding ways quilt

Statement of responsibility

Jennifer Chiaverini

Creator

• Chiaverini, Jennifer

Author

• Chiaverini, Jennifer

Subject

• Quiltmakers
• Quilting
• Electronic books
• Compson, Sylvia (Fictitious character)
• Women -- Fiction
• FICTION
• Women
• Quiltmakers -- Fiction
• Quilting -- Fiction
• Quilts -- Fiction
• Fiction
• Fiction
• Quilts
• Compson, Sylvia (Fictitious character) -- Fiction

Genre

• Fiction
• Electronic books

Language

eng

Summary

-- The Winding Ways Quilt Quilters have flocked to Elm Creek Manor to learn from Master Quilter Sylvia Compson and her expert colleagues. There's Sarah, Sylvia's onetime apprentice who's paired her quilting accomplishments with a mind for running the business of Elm Creek Quilts; Agnes, who has a gift for appliqu?; Gwen, who stitches innovative art quilts; Diane, a whiz at the technicalities of quick-piecing; and Bonnie, with her encyclopedic knowledge of folk art patterns. But with Judy and Summer, two other founding members of the Elm Creek Quilters, departing to pursue other opportunities, will the new teachers be able to fill in the gaps created by the loss of their expertise -- and more important, their friendship? "When I think of all the different paths I could have followed in my life, all the twists and turns that could have led me anywhere," muses incoming teacher Gretchen, "it's something of a miracle that I ended up here, surrounded by loving friends." But what of friends departed? As Sylvia contemplates a tribute to the partnership of the Elm Creek Quilters, she is reminded of a traditional quilt pattern whose curved pieces symbolize a journey. Winding Ways, a mosaic of overlapping circles and intertwining curves, would capture the spirit of their friendship at the moment of its transformation. Will Sylvia's choice inspire the founding members to remember that each is a unique part of a magnificent whole? Will the newcomers find ways to contribute, and to earn their place? The Winding Ways Quilt considers the complicated, often hidden meanings of presence and absence, and what change can mean for those who have come to rely upon one another

Member of

• Elm Creek quilts novel

Cataloging source

B@L

Index

no index present

LC call number

PS3553.H473

Literary form

novels

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

An Elm Creek Quilts novel