I am now reading "The Winding Ways Quilt" . This is (I think) #11 in the Elm Creek Quilt Series. They follow a group fo women, young and old, who join together to start a camp for women to learn and perfect their quilting skills. It takes place in a mansion at Elm Creek. However that is just the backdrop for this series which is really about the women who run it and their lives. The earlier books in the series brought in a lot of history and family stories about the woman who actually lives and owns Elm Creek Manor, and her family. But as the series has progressed
I do think it has grown and improved. Silvia and her colleagues are an incredibly gifted group of women who are very dedicated to the art of quilting. This latest book sees several of the regulars leave, and new character enter this world. And of course along with change comes struggle, and triumph.
I do feel ambivalent about this series. I think I should adore it. Being a lover of all fiber art, and loving to look at quilts, being a sewer, and considering myself somewhat of an artisan, I shoul adore it. I LIKE it, but I just cant say it is my favorite series, and I dont know why.
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