A group of women with a penchant for quilting all live in Water's Ford, Pennsylvania, during the American Civil War and look to one another for support as they cope with changes, share their experiences as their husbands answer the call for war, and devise a business plan to keep their town alive.

Best-selling author Jennifer Chiaverini charms her many fans with her engaging Elm Creek Quilts novels. In The Quilter's Legacy, Sylvia Bergstrom Compson resolves to find several heirloom quilts that have vanished. Traveling far and wide, she discovers fascinating truths about her mother, who died when Sylvia was only a child.

Sarah McClure, unable to secure a job after she and her husband move to the small town of Waterford, Pennsylvania, learns some lessons about life, love, and family when she reluctantly takes a temporary position helping the elderly, cantankerous Sylvia Compson prepare her family estate for sale.

Dorothea Granger is commissioned by her Uncle Jacob to stitch an unusual quilt; but when the man dies, Dorothea determines to continue his work helping runaway slaves along the Underground Railroad.

After Wisconsin graduate student Mildred Fish marries brilliant German economist Arvid Harnack, she accompanies him to his German homeland, where a promising future awaits. In the thriving intellectual culture of 1930s Berlin, the newlyweds create a rich new life filled with love, friendships, and rewarding work--but the rise of a malevolent new political faction inexorably changes their fate. As Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party wield violence and...

Bonnie Markham, her divorce pending and her quilt shop out of business, accepts an offer from her friend Claire to help run a quilting retreat at a bed and breakfast in Hawaii where she learns the quilting traditions of the islands, but her idyll is threatened by her estranged husband's demand for her share in the Elm Creek Quilts cooperative.

"From New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini, a bold, revelatory novel about one of the great untold stories of World War I--the women of the US Army Signal Corps, who broke down gender barriers in the military, smashed the workplace glass ceiling, and battled a pandemic as they helped lead the Allies to victory"-- June 1917. Arriving in France, General John Pershing found himself unable to communicate with troops in the field. Pershing...

Master quilter Sylvia Bergstrom Compson, having uncovered letters in an antique desk written by slave Joanna, pieces together the story of the woman's life, learning of how she escaped only to be captured and sold again and created a quilt which hid clues about how to get back in order to be reunited with the son she was forced to leave behind.

Born to slave-holding aristocracy in Richmond, Virginia, and educated by Northern Quakers, Elizabeth Van Lew pledged her loyalty to the Lincoln White House in the Civil War; her spy ring's reach was vast, from clerks in the Confederate War departments to the home of Confederate president Jefferson Davis.

New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini returns with a delightful Christmas-themed installment in her beloved Elm Creek Quilts series-a captivating, heartwarming tale sure to become a holiday favorite. Just weeks before Christmas, severe wintry weather damages the church hall hosting the Christmas Boutique-an annual sale of handcrafted gifts and baked goods that supports the county food pantry. Determined to save the fundraiser, Sylvia...