The Giving Quilt

This particular book hit some tender spots in my psyche. First of all is the story of Lynnea, a librarian from California. Due to the economy, the town has fallen on hard times and is looking for cutbacks, one of them being the library. Adding fuel to the fire is a misguided uninformed book-burning......more

I feel guilty giving only 2 stars, because I do love this series, but "It was okay" really sums up how I feel. It was...okay. Chiaverini does a great job of creating likable characters, but she has introduced so many over the course of these 20 books that 1) I have a hard time keeping them straight,......more

Similar to some of Chiaverini's earlier Elm Creek Quilts novels, The Giving Quilt tells the stories of several different women by using the framework of a quilting camp week. We learn how the women became interested in quilting, a major event in their life, and why they came to the camp at this poin......more

The Giving Quilt by Jennifer Chilvalli Quiltsgiving get together annually for a winter session of camp to provide quilts to children in need, Project Linus. Sylvia is the owner of the manor and she has many tasks to complete before the guests arrive for camp. The twins live there along with their mothe......more

You pretty much always know what you're getting with this series. This one centers around the event of Quiltsgiving, an annual event at Elm Creek Manor the week after Thanksgiving, where folks get together to make quilts for the Linus Project. The back stories of several of the participants are feat......more