The Invention of Wings
is a book by Sue Monk Kidd. My book club is reading it for our March discussion. I thought I'd mention it here because one of the main characters is a quilter who stitched her life story into a quilt, and it's mentioned often and described in great detail. The book is a work of historical fiction related to abolition and women's rights. Sue Monk Kidd also wrote The Secret Life of Bees.