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cookiemonster 07-14-2016 03:18 PM

ECQ= Elm creek quilts it would seem to me..

Jane Quilter 07-14-2016 04:07 PM

With so many good books out there, and not enough time to read them, why waste your time?

Flowergurl 07-14-2016 05:56 PM

I listened to the audio books and i loved them!!
I checked out a couple from the library and my DH and I listened to them
on a trip we took to Charleston, SC and back.
He laughed on the way home and said if anyone would have told me i would be
listening to books about quilting and enjoyed them i would have told them they
were crazy. LOL

cashs_mom 07-14-2016 06:06 PM

I have only read 'Sugar Camp Quilt" in this series. It was pretty good. Not so good that I've read any of the others but not bad.

I read "Buried in Quilts" by Sara Hoskins Frommer. I really enjoyed it and have since read others in that series. It's a mystery and I LOVE mysteries.

DOTTYMO 07-14-2016 10:41 PM

I have read a few and find them slow and slightly confusing. I put this down to not reading in the correct order but I have no intention of buying back copies.

GailG 07-15-2016 02:53 PM


Originally Posted by Sandra in Minnesota (Post 4818952)
I just finished "The Wedding Quilt" and it starts out with wedding preparations for one of Sara's twins. No you didn't miss a book someplace between this and "Aloha Quilt". It reruns labor and birth, growing up plus reviewing some of the other books. It wasn't one of her best books, and I agree "Aloha Quilt" lacked something.

Fast-forward 5 years (Has it been THAT long?) I remember feeling the same about those last two books. So much repeating and back-flashing that I found myself skimming to get through it to finish. Since I read this series, I have read several mystery series centered around quilting or sewing groups. Never thought I'd find myself reading mysteries. Now I'm hooked.

olga10 09-05-2019 10:25 AM

Does anyone have a list of the characters of the Elm creek book series? I've looked on the internet and have not found one. I read a few books several years back, and am reading The Winding Ways Quilt, but don't remember who is who.

Iceblossom 09-05-2019 12:20 PM

I did a little looking and didn't find anything either. But on many sites there are lists of the books with a synopsis of each. Maybe one like this will help?
https://www.fictiondb.com/author/jen...novel~2256.htm

I'm making my way through the series, I'm a couple of books before you, Circle of Quilters will be my next one and it looks like it will have a number of new/continuing characters in it.

AngelaS 09-07-2019 06:28 PM

She just wrote a new book for the ECQ series. I hope it’s better than her historical books.

Chester the bunny 09-07-2019 07:04 PM

I started the first one The Quilter's Apprentice and couldn't finish it.
I much preferred the Guidepost Patchwork Mysteries
https://www.cozy-mystery.com/patchwork-mysteries.html
Unfortunately they are not available at my local library so only read the first 12 since I found them at the thrift store.


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