texas granny

When i start a new book and like the author I look in the front to see when it was first printed and then look to see what else they have written

StitchinJoy

Jennifer Chiaverini is writing a new Elm Creek book and in it, Sarah is going to give birth to twins. The author is letting quilters choose the gender of the babies in a unique and creative way. She has a Twin Star pattern on her website>>> http://elmcreek.net/index.php

She is asking quilters to make a Twin star block and send it to her. They will be made into quilts for Project Linus and donated to seriously ill babies.

If you make a pink block, you are voting for Sarah's babies to both be girls; if you make a blue block, you are voting 2 boys; and if you make a lilac block, you are voting for the twins to be a boy and a girl. How cool is this?

quilter2

I have tried to register on her site for the Reader's Circle and it won't let me do it, always an error, have any of you been able to register? if so, please tell me how you did it.

mamaw

Yes, they should be read in order of when they came out; but you will find that a few of them jump around in the book itself.

susie0808

I always do the same. But in these books there is a different order in each book. So to know which book came first I couldn't tell. I do know now. Thanks

roseOfsharon

It was my understanding that there was not a need to read them in any order as they are complete stories and not a series like some writers have. ???

quilter2

There are a few stand alone books but it is best to read them in order. I went to her website and printed the order you should read the books.

DebraK

They could stand alone but there is definitely a history to follow.

quilter2

Yes there is a history to follow and if you read some of the later books first it gives away events that occurred in previous books. The two that work well as stand alone novels are The Sugar Camp Quilt and The Quilter's Homecoming, so you could either read them first or at any time in reading the series. I started with the first The Quilter's Apprentice, Round Robin, just a note I would read The Christmas Quilt after The Quilter's Apprentice because it takes place in the interim between that first book and Round Robin.