|
The Christmas Quilt (Elm Creek Quilts Series #8) | 
 enlarge | Author: Jennifer Chiaverini
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Category: Book
List Price: $18.95
Buy Used: $6.25
You Save: $12.70 (67%)
New (35) Used (37) from $6.25
Rating:  45 reviews
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Home Library
Pages: 240
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.3 x 1
ISBN: 0739458817
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780743286572
Publication Date: November 1, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Tell A Friend
| |
| Also Available In:
|
| Similar Items:
|
| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
When Christmas Eve comes to Elm Creek Manor, the tenor of the holiday is far from certain. Sylvia Bergstrom Compson, the Master Quilter, has her own reasons for preferring a quiet, even subdued, Christmas. Her young friend Sarah McClure, however, takes the opposite view and decides to deck the halls brightly. As she explores the trunks packed with Bergstrom family decorations that haven't been touched in more than fifty years, Sarah discovers a curious Christmas quilt. Begun in seasonal fabrics and patterns, the quilt remains unfinished.Sylvia reveals that the handiwork spans several generations and a quartet of Bergstrom quilters -- her great aunt, her mother, her sister, and herself. As she examines the array of quilt blocks each family member contributed but never completed, memories of Christmases past emerge. At Elm Creek Manor, Christmas began as a celebration of simple virtues -- joy and hope buoyed by the spirit of giving. As each successive generation of Bergstroms lived through its unique trials -- the antebellum era, the Great Depression, World War II -- tradition offered sustenance even during the most difficult times. For Sylvia, who is coping with the modern problem of family dispersed, estranged, or even forgotten, reconciliation with her personal history may prove as elusive as piecing the Christmas Quilt. Elm Creek Manor is full of secrets, from a Christmas tree with unusual properties to the sublime Bergstrom strudel recipe. Sylvia's tales at first seem to inform her family legacy but ultimately illuminate far more, from the importance of women's art to its place in commemorating our shared experience, at Christmastime and in every season.
|
| Customer Reviews: Read 40 more reviews...
Sylvia remembers Christmases past..... February 23, 2008
J. Kirkman (St. Petersburg, FL United States)
In the beginning of the book it is Christmas at Elm Creek Manor. Sylvia is not up to celebrating a lot, and yet her young assistant Sara wants to go all out and decorate. Sylvia relents and lets the young couple decorate and get a tree. In going through the attic for decorations, Sara finds an old quilt top that had been done by Sylvia's great Aunt Elizabeth many years ago.
Seeing this old log cabin quilt takes Sylvia back to Christmases past of when she and her sister Claudia were growing up and the traditions they celebrated every year as a family going through the depression times. Sylvia recalls her Aunt Lucinda's Apple Strudel, a traditional holiday treat along with the star that was placed on top of the tree every year.
The book is wonderfully written, focusing mostly on Sylvia's past as a child growing up and the relationship she and her sister Claudia never really had. They never made peace with one another after a falling out and then Claudia passed on. This is why Sylvia is trying to encourage Sara and Matt to go spend Christmas with her mother so that the two can finally gain a love and understanding with each other.
 Christmas Quilt December 31, 2007
kraftykat (Madison, WI United States)
The first Elm Creek Quilt book I read was the Runaway Quilt. I was hooked and had to go back and start at the beginning with Quilter's Appentice. I don't quilt myself but have found these stories really great. Following the life of the Bergstrom family and how they made a life in Pennsylvania is probably the story of many people who immigrated to this country and built a whole new life raising a family and creating a business. They lived through wars and depression good times and bad and as a family stuck together for many generations. These are the stories of that family and how it becomes reconnected after years of estrangement. I have recommended these books to all the quilters I know and even one or two that I don't know. Even if you don't quilt these stories are great. They kind of make you feel warm and fuzzy all over.
The Christmas Quilt November 14, 2007
M. Rivas
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Great book, love the story with in a story. After I've read all her books I feel like I really know the characters. Love them all!
Great Book September 24, 2007
Avid Reader (Wisconsin)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
As with all of her previous books, The Christmas Quilt is excellent. I am now waiting for Jennifer's newest book to be available.
Excellent! August 5, 2007
SRS (FL USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've read and enjoyed every one of the Quilt Camp books. Well worth my time and very enjoyable - especially for those of us who enjoy quilting!
|
|
|
| |
