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The Wedding Quilt (Elm Creek Quilts #18)

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The "New York Times" bestselling Elm Creek Quilts series continues, with a novel that celebrates one of America's most romantic and enduring traditions.

Sarah McClure arrived at Elm Creek Manor as a newlywed, never suspecting that her quilting lessons with master quilter Sylvia Bergstrom Compson would inspire the successful and enduring business Elm Creek Quilts, whose memb...more

Hardcover, Large Print, 461 pages

Published November 2nd 2011 by Thorndike Press (first published January 1st 2011)

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Oct 22, 2011 Janet rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This is the 18th book in the Elm Creek series.

I have read them all and in order but I will admit when I started this one I was a little lost as so many years had past since the last one. Once I understood that I enjoyedhte walk down memory lane in this book, while learning some new pieces to the puzzle.

Sarah's daughter Caroline is getting married. This is the book of everyone coming back together for the wedding and as we do this Sarah has a few walks donw memory lane. To me it was sort of a...more

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Dec 03, 2012 Viviane Crystal rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Sarah's daughter, Caroline, and her fiance are soon to arrive at the family home at Elm Creed Manor, a place famous for "quilting camp" sessions, where they will be married. Caroline wants a wedding quilt but isn't sure whether she's getting one. For Sarah, both the wedding and the request bring back scores and scores of memories, most of them heart-warming and funny. As she waits for her daughter, she remembers having to go to the hospital right before a nasty snowstorm and the stories her Mom...more Sarah's daughter, Caroline, and her fiance are soon to arrive at the family home at Elm Creed Manor, a place famous for "quilting camp" sessions, where they will be married. Caroline wants a wedding quilt but isn't sure whether she's getting one. For Sarah, both the wedding and the request bring back scores and scores of memories, most of them heart-warming and funny. As she waits for her daughter, she remembers having to go to the hospital right before a nasty snowstorm and the stories her Mom and friends told about how they met. No, it wasn't all that easy as Sarah knows from having to have a C-section for Caroline and her twin. But Sarah's thoughts and memories gradually reveal a very special gift that's not easy but makes for a strong, caring mother and friend. She knows when to let go, without laying on any guilt trips or otherwise - quite unique for both a mother and friend!!! It's why she's so cherished!

This novel is replete with so many numerous stories but I will only mention briefly about two that struck me. One was about two characters who date for a while and then split up. What shock when the friend of the female in the relationship begins to date the ex-boyfriend and eventually marries him. Quite a hurdle to overcome but Jennifer Chiaverini crafts the story so realistically yet so graciously that the reader feels so much tension and at the same time sympathy and curiosity as to how this will all turn out.

The second story of note you must read for yourself but it is about quilters in the Civil War who made, sold, and gave away quilts to raise money for the Union. The descriptions of how they worked in the names of heroes serving during this time will move any but the hardest of hearts. This section is actually based on historical fact and is all the more intriguing for the telling.

Quilting is an exquisite art as the reader comes to appreciate while reading this story. It's colorful and skillful, but most of all it's a form of storytelling in itself, a new realization that comes also while reading. Jennifer Chiaverini is a master storyteller who knows her crafts (writing and quilting, as well as history of the arts) and expresses it in such an endearing, enjoyable manner that you will want to read more of the Elm Creek Quilts novels. Delightful and worthy of broad exposure to readers everywhere! You'll also want to visit her website to see some fun samples and other goodies: elmcreek.net. Well-done, indeed, Ms. Chiaverini!!!(less)

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Sep 08, 2012 Melissa rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: crafts

I've faithfully read every one of the Elm Creek Quilts books in order. And this is the latest installment. While a lot of these could be read stand alone, I think too much background information is lost to read it that way if you plan on reading the entire series. Although, it seems that with each book Chiaverini gets further and further away from the comfort of the first books.

It's several years into the future and Sarah McClure's daughter is getting married. As she prepares for the wedding at...more I've faithfully read every one of the Elm Creek Quilts books in order. And this is the latest installment. While a lot of these could be read stand alone, I think too much background information is lost to read it that way if you plan on reading the entire series. Although, it seems that with each book Chiaverini gets further and further away from the comfort of the first books.

It's several years into the future and Sarah McClure's daughter is getting married. As she prepares for the wedding at Elm Creek Manor, Sarah reminisces back over the previous twenty five years to when the twins were born and certain events that happen during those years. Most notably, a lot of time is given to the saving of Union Hall from development and it's place as a historic building on the register to protect it. The Elm Creek Quilter's were a big part of that and she goes on to describe how it happens. There is also a long sequence on the birth of the twins and little snippets of other stories here and there interspersed with greeting guests for the wedding and working on a surprise quilt for her daughter.

Even though I knew all the characters in this book, I have to say, they just didn't feel like themselves. Sarah has always been a bit standoffish to me but in this book she completely didn't seem herself and more like a stranger. Her husband Matt was even worse as I couldn't bring myself to like him at all. Sylvia was absent, what with it being twenty five years in the future and her an old lady in even the original books, and many of the other characters were departed or unable to attend due to age. It was rather depressing actually. Sarah's children I felt no connection to as we were rushed through most of their childhood and only got glimpses of them in this book. So I really didn't care about the wedding at all since I didn't know the character. While some of the old characters were glimpsed in the flashbacks by Sarah, those were the only times that I really felt connected to the book and they weren't near long enough.

Because of all the flashbacks the book was terribly hard to sink into. It was jarring to read and I would have preferred that Chiaverini actually take the time to take all these events and make their own book. Starting this far in the future made it seem as if she is done with the series and that's all fine and dandy if she is, except that I know there's another book after this one. So it will be interesting to see what that contains since everything else is wrapped up in this book. At the very least it may signal that she's done with this particular set of characters, which will be disappointing as I didn't care for her historic forays in the series that much and that seems to be what will be left in the series. There was very little about quilting in this book as well and while a sub plot was started up about quilting, I never actually saw the ending too it, although it could have been lost in the confusion of the subplots I suppose. I wanted so much to like this book in spite of the ending of my favorite characters, but even the writing style left much to be desired.

Just not the book I thought it was going to be. Depending on the next book in the series I may choose to discontinue reading these books as I become more and more disappointed with each one. Authors have a right to choose to write about something else, but as a reader I have the right to continue not to read if that does happen. I can only hope Chiaverini somehow gets back to the characters I love after this one.

The Wedding Quilt
Copyright 2011
321 pages

Review by M. Reynard 2012

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Sep 03, 2012 Susan rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Let's just get this out of the way right off the bat...I am a huge fan of Jennifer Chiaverini. She is from my home state of Wisconsin and I have seen her twice now when she has come to California to research and promote her books. With that being said...

The Wedding Quilt held great expectations for me as I was finally going to find out the identities of Sarah and Matthew McClure's babies. I was so excited to begin reading then quickly found out that the story actually takes place light years ahe...more

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Jun 13, 2012 Kerry rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: everything

Ever since I first read The Quiter’s Apprentice I have been a big fan of the Elm Creek Quilt series. I really enjoyed the characters that Chiaverini had created and looked forward to visiting with them in each new book. Then the author detoured into other time periods and began writing about other quilters, most notably Sylvia’s cousin, Elizabeth, who moved to California during the Prohibition Era and their Civil War era ancestors, Anneka and Gerda. At first, even the books that explored other e...more Ever since I first read The Quiter’s Apprentice I have been a big fan of the Elm Creek Quilt series. I really enjoyed the characters that Chiaverini had created and looked forward to visiting with them in each new book. Then the author detoured into other time periods and began writing about other quilters, most notably Sylvia’s cousin, Elizabeth, who moved to California during the Prohibition Era and their Civil War era ancestors, Anneka and Gerda. At first, even the books that explored other eras also featured the original Elm Creek Quilters (for example when Sylvia discovers Gerda’s memoirs, the book alternated between Gerda’s story and the story of Sylvia discovering and reacting to this new bit of family history and its implications) but as the series progressed, the author neglected her original characters more and more,. I was frustrated by this because A) I loved the original characters so much and B) Chiaverini had left a lot of unresolved plot points dangling in the current timeline: including the integration of several new Elm Creek Quilters, several couples in the process of coming together or growing apart, and Sarah pregnant with twins.

So I was excited to read The Wedding Quilt because we were finally going to visit with my favorite characters and see what they had been up to. And now that I have finished the book, I am sorry to say that I was very disappointed. The book takes place 25 years in the future when Sarah daughter (who we haven’t even met yet before now) is getting married. As a result, the book bounces back and forth between Sarah getting ready for the wedding and reminiscing about everything that has led up to this point. The jump ahead to the future was incredibly annoying. The little futuristic touches that Chiaverini throws in (from the new kind of gaming console that Diane’s son, Michael, invented to the social changes just came across as silly or preachy or –like much of this book – half baked afterthoughts). The story, itself, is presented in a series of flashback and summaries, usually in the same tone and with the same amount of depth and development that the author uses when recapping information from past books. The birth of Sarah’s twins, the passing of several beloved characters (including Sylvia and Agnes) are all glossed over without any real emotional impact which is almost disrespectful to the characters we have come to care for over the series. And Chiaverini rushes through several romantic relationships with a callous “lets-just-jump-to-the-end” attitude that was just completely unsatisfying and annoying.

If the author had run out of things to say about this particular group of characters but was feeling some pressure to wrap up their stories for the fans, I could maybe begin to understand why the author wrote this half-hearted perfunctory book but there were several plot points that easily could been developed into much more satisfying books or Hall integrated with another book to provide a more interest counterpoint between the characters in this timeline and those from an earlier era. (The storyline of Agnes trying to save the historic Union Hall would have made a nice counterpoint to the events of The Union Quilters which told of how the hall was created and would have given the author the opportunity to visit with characters from both the past and the present). All in all, I am beginning to get a little disenchanted with the series and if something doesn’t change in the next few books, I have to say that I am more likely to re-read one of the earlier books than pick up one of the new ones.
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Apr 22, 2012 Karishma rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012

I think this is the book series equivalent of the Seinfeld finale, with even less of a plot. Almost the whole story is flashback, and each episode either recaps previous books or provides a small addition to them.

I had read the very first book fairly recently, picked up on a whim from the used book sale at the library, and enjoyed it. When I saw this one on the new book list, I picked it up expecting it to be a similarly light and enjoyable read. Instead it was tedious, and now I'm not sure if...more

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Nov 23, 2011 Cassandra rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: secular-fiction

Initial thoughts (186 pages read) - I wonder why this novel was written almost entirely as a recap of the past 20 years. It is set in the future, with Sarah and Matt's twins grown up and the daughter getting married. Instead of the novel focusing on the wedding, or the events leading up to the wedding, it is telling the story of every single Elm Creek quilter over the past 20-30 years. It's an odd way of telling the story.

Final thoughts - My initial opinion still stands. Way too much flashback,...more

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Nov 06, 2011 Jennifer Peterson rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: review-books

In Jennifer Chiaverini's The Wedding Quilt, the story of the Elm Creek Quilters seems to be coming to a close. This is a wonderful series, of which I have read almost every book. The story begins with the invitation to Sarah and Matt's daughter Caroline's wedding - about 20 years after the last book was set. As Sarah waits for her daughter to arrive at Elm Creek Manor, she remembers the day Caroline and her twin brother James were born.

This pattern continues throughout the book. The current wedd...more

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Jan 12, 2012 Karin rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I was pretty excited to get this book, but it immediately became apparent that I wasn't getting what I was expecting.

What I expected: First of all, at the end of "The Aloha Quilt", Bonnie came home and Sarah had had her twins, so I expected to hear the birth story and their names. At the same time, there was the unresolved storyline about Sylvia contacting some of her California relatives - I expected the title of this one to refer to Elizabeth's lost wedding quilt and a search for that.

Instead,...more I was pretty excited to get this book, but it immediately became apparent that I wasn't getting what I was expecting.

What I expected: First of all, at the end of "The Aloha Quilt", Bonnie came home and Sarah had had her twins, so I expected to hear the birth story and their names. At the same time, there was the unresolved storyline about Sylvia contacting some of her California relatives - I expected the title of this one to refer to Elizabeth's lost wedding quilt and a search for that.

Instead, it's 25 years in the future. The two events referenced above are told in long, boring flashbacks. The whole "will Sylvia change her will" storyline is just annoying because we know from before the flashback that Sarah is living in the manor with her family and Melissa is not. So however it's resolved, it turns out OK for the McClures and the Elm Creek Quilters. There's also a lot of repeated information, par for the course in this series, including a 10-page recap of Jeremy and Anna's romance. I think it's obvious that the series is winding down and this book failed to deliver the "book candy" feeling I've gotten from so many of the previous books. Bonnie's wedding was dealt with briefly, and that didn't bother me, but the fight to save Union Hall also could have been written out in it's own book, especially since its creation had a book all to itself. And how self-absorbed are Sarah and Sylvia that they didn't know the subject of Jeremy's book? That was really a disappointment.

For the few things I like in this book,there's something else I dislike even more, even in the small details. For example, the idea of an "aughts" party is cute and I cannot wait for my kids to go to one someday. But the fact that "date night" is rare - Why? You live with two couples who wish they were grandparents but aren't, as well as a young couple who have a child. What is preventing Sylvia or Gretchen or both from watching the children? Or taking turns watching each other's children with Anna? Especially once the twins are 3 (when the remark about date nights being rare is made)? I can see that it would be difficult during the "on" season, but not in the "off" season.

I realize that this is longer than my normal reviews and sort of rambling, but I have to add that I was glad that the sections on politics and video games were kept blessedly short and I did really enjoy the ending. Not the secret engagement, the other ending. Almost gave it 3 stars for that but in the end I couldn't do it. This book was more a series of essays than a real story.

UPDATE: I checked her website (elmcreek.net) and learned that the next book will be set in California and that ends her current contract. She says she has a verbal contract for 3 more books after that, it will be interesting to see where the series goes after that.(less)

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Feb 03, 2012 Michele rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: knit-sew

I will admit this was my least favorite of the Elm Creek Quilt series. It was a good story, but not up to Ms. Chiaverini's previous standards. Her past books have either taken place in the present and gone back into history as letter have been found or stories have been told, or they have taken place 100% in the past. Those were wonderful stories and there was some historical fact included. However, this book takes place in the future and it flips back to the "present" which would be now, and th...more

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Jan 14, 2012 Janice L. rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, quilting

I have read all of the Elm Creek Quilts books and loved them. I can't say the same for this one. The jump in time to a setting in the future was unexpected and left a lot of questions which were not all answered. The book was mostly remembrances of the past 20 years or so. A whole book could have been written about Sylvia meeting her California kin. The story on that was started but left dangling.

Ms. Chiaverini also broke a major rule of fiction writing: Show, don't tell. She told. It was hard t...more

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Nov 01, 2011 Julie Barrett rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Title: The Wedding Quilt
SubTitle: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel
Pub Date: 11/01/2011
ISBN: 9780525952428
Author: Jennifer Chiaverini
the wedding quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini

love how this one starts out, i have read a few books in this series and the history of how it all started was given it's due here and i remember the earlier books. it's great to see that this series is still ongoing and progressing in helping others with their passion of quilting. I love the history of it all and how the people in...more

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Jan 16, 2012 Lbaker rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I had a really hard time setting a rating for this book, bouncing between 3 and 4 stars.

I like Jennifer Chiaverini's style of writing, but finally went to 3 stars as I am not a big "happily ever after" person. There is just so much happiness that I can believe.

Also, when it comes to the antagonists in these books, I think that there is a limit to how bad the bad can be, characters in these books are either very good or very evil - most of us I believe live somewhere between those two extremes.

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Nov 06, 2011 Grammyj42 rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I am a big fan of Chiaverini and Elm Creek. I have read all of the books, several of them twice. She has jumped back and forth in time in previous books, but I had a hard time keeping times and characters straight in this one. To her credit, she did not do what some writers do when writing about the future and that is to load it up with technology that is way out there. The advances in technology are believable and not intrusive. The story is still about quilting. It helped a bit that she tagged...more

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Feb 03, 2013 Becky Burford rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

My first Elm Creek Quilt Book. I have heard of them over recent years. In fact, over the past couple of years, I am slowly working but systematically constructing the actual Sylvia Bridal Shower Quilt via Stitchin' Heaven of Mineola formally from Quitman (we miss you). Now, I actuallly been introduced to the true character Sylvia. Now I can't work on the quilt without thinking of her. This book added a new level to my quilting hobby.

Also, on this book, I was introduced to Tyler Libary's One-Clic...more

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Dec 30, 2011 Suzanne rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2011-boods-read

I have a feeling that you will either love it (having not read the other books) or dislike it based on the JUMP in time and the recapping of all the loose story lines out there. I got the feeling that this was closure to Elm Creek Quilts-- without telling the fans who have read all 17 books that this was happening. I would have rather read a book about the Aloha Quilt Camp and experience the wedding first had. I would have rather read a book about how Sylvia found her California relative and the...more

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Jan 31, 2012 LORI CASWELL rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: read-2012

It’s September 2028 and Sarah’s daughter is getting married. Chiavernini takes us back in time as Sarah’s thoughts are filled with brides of Elm Creek Manor past and present-the traditions they honored, the legacies they bequeathed, and the wedding quilts that contain their stories in every stitch.

Sarah is also working on the perfect Wedding Quilt for her daughter complete with loving messages from all the guests of the wedding.

Dollycas’s Thoughts
As you know by now this is one of my favorite ser...more It’s September 2028 and Sarah’s daughter is getting married. Chiavernini takes us back in time as Sarah’s thoughts are filled with brides of Elm Creek Manor past and present-the traditions they honored, the legacies they bequeathed, and the wedding quilts that contain their stories in every stitch.

Sarah is also working on the perfect Wedding Quilt for her daughter complete with loving messages from all the guests of the wedding.

Dollycas’s Thoughts
As you know by now this is one of my favorite series. I love it when the author takes us back in time for the history of Elm Creek Valley and the when she writes of the wonderful Elm Creek Quilters. The Wedding Quilt has left me very sad and conflicted.

I know this is not the last Elm Creek Novel because I have an advance copy of Sonoma Rose right here on my desk, but while it is billed as an Elm Creek Quilts Novel, from a glance it doesn’t look like it features any of our favorites or connects to their history.

All of the current ladies’ history was wrapped up in The Wedding Quilt. The author put together snippets from past books and added a few pages to tie up all the loose ends. I feel like I have lost my fictional friends.

While Jennifer Chiaverini is an awesome writer and writes wonderful stories featuring very strong women, the was clearly not her best work. I feel there could have been several more books written with these characters. When I received this book I thought The Wedding Quilt would be about Anna and Jeremy’s wedding who came together at the end of A Quilter’s Holiday. I was shocked to find the wedding for one of the twins just born in real time. There is no way to go back.

I know sometimes the author’s work doesn’t necessarily go in the direct they would like, publishers and others have a great deal of input. I wish she would have just taken a break from the characters her readers had come to love and let us know she was headed in a different direction either with the series or an entirely new project. I have read several other reviews since finishing of people who also were shocked or disappointed in this installment. When you read a series through 18 books you become attached to the characters and the way it wrapped up just feels wrong.(less)

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Nov 07, 2011 Lindsay rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I am about 3/4 done with this book and had to stop and write a review. I love the Elm Creek Quilts series and was really excited to pick this book up a few days ago. But I must be honest, I'm not loving it. So far, it is my least favorite book in the series. There is not much of a plot and most of the book is simply rehashing events that happened in previous books.
The book far in the future when Sara's daughter Caroline is getting married. The rest of the book fills in some of the missing pie...more

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Dec 20, 2012 Janetkc7wvy rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This story begins in the future (2028) when Sarah's daughter Caroline is preparing to get married. Mostly it is a review of the other books, some recent past, some back to civil war times. I enjoyed the review as it has been several years since I read the first ones. Sometimes it jumped around too much I wasn't sure if we were in the present, or when the series begins when Sarah is a young bride, or somewhere in the past like when Sylvia's aunt Elizabeth moved with her husband to California, or...more

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Jul 01, 2012 Barb rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I've enjoyed the many books in the Elm Creek Quilts series. This one seemed almost like it was intended to be the last, though there is at least one more coming this fall. Set in the future with frequent flashbacks, this book centers on the wedding of a child who was not yet even born in the previous novel! The author's vision of the future--20 years or so from now--included "computer pads," electric cars, government health care (positioned as a good thing) and a youth rebellion regarding the en...more

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Dec 02, 2011 Sarah Beth rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: first-reads-giveaways

I won this novel as a giveaway on goodreads. This is the 18th book in the Elm Creek Quilts series and follows Sarah as she reminisces on her fondest memories in the day's before her daughter's wedding. I have never read any other books in this series before, but I didn't feel lost or confused. From what I gather from other reviews, the biggest complaint about this novel is that it spends a lot of time summarizes what happened in other books. However, since I hadn't read any of the others, the su...more

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Nov 24, 2011 Sandybear76 rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This book is rather meandering. It is 2028 and Sarah's daughter Caroline is getting married at Elm Creek Manor with lots of friends and quilters together. Sarah is reminded of other events as the wedding day gets closer. The book seems to close some chapters of other books and fills out the endings of other storylines in other books of the series. It was nice to know about the sad demise of Union Hall, which the Union Quilters built and then meet for the quilting bees, and how Agnes and a group...more

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Mar 14, 2012 Lina rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Before reading this book I was afraid I wouldn't like it. I had felt cheated out of a book about the birth of Sarah's twins, especially considering that she had been pregnant through at least a couple of the books in the series. But Chiaverinni made up for it, nicely covering their birth and various scenes of their childhood, all leading up to the wedding of Caroline, Sarah's daughter. With this book set so far in the future (2028)while the previous books in the series, except for the historical...more

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Oct 30, 2011 Aislynn (Stitch Read Cook) rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: arc-s-to-review, contemporary-romance, general-fiction, read-in-2011, netgalley-read

From the very beginning of this series I've been hooked. As each book comes out, I immediately add it to my ever growing collection. The Wedding Quilt is book # 18 in the Elm Creek Quilter's book series. This takes place 25 years after The Aloha Quilt. Sarah and Matt's twins Caroline and James have returned to the Manor for Caroline's wedding.

We meet again all the lovely ladies of Elm Creek Quilts - save Sylvia and Agnes (who have sadly both passed on at this point). We get to learn what has hap...more

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May 26, 2013 Ellen Wright rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I'm hooked. I've read two of Jennifer Chiaverini's books in her Quilter's series and I'm determined to read them all. I love when I find a new (to me) author who has stack of books for me to read. If you enjoy history, a little romance, women of action, stories of friendship and commitment with some humor thrown in, you might enjoy this book.

This had the fun of taking place in the future. Most of her books are historically set. I'm a little sorry I read it out of order, but only a little. I loo...more

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Nov 03, 2011 Gretchen Ingram rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: library

I didn't like this one as much as I did the other Elm Creek books. For starters, there is less of an immediacy about it- as though you were looking at pictures instead of being there. And there were several stories that would have merited their own books if treated in the style of the earlier books. There is also a feeling of hurry- as though all the loose ends needed to be wrapped up- which leads me to surmise that this may be the last of the Elm Creek books.

On the other hand, it's cast 25 year...more

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Feb 14, 2012 Denise rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This would normally be a 5 star but I didn't like how the story jumped ahead 25 years to 2028. For a while I thought this might be the last book of the series. I looked at the author's website and determined that The Wedding Quilt: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel isn't the last of the series.

I don't want to put any spoilers in here but a lot that happened in the twenty-five years that was shown through flashbacks would have been better if it had been written in a book of its own.

So, yes I loved it but...more

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Jan 02, 2012 Donna rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction

The Wedding Quilt brings us to the upcoming wedding of Sarah and Matt McClure's daughter Caroline. Caroline has a twin brother, James, who also works for the Elm Creek Quilters. As the wedding day approaches, Sarah is taken back to thoughts of previous brides of Elm Creek Manor and the traditions they honored and all the wedding quilts with stories in every stitch.

Caroline had confided in Sarah that she would like a wedding quilt. Sarah really wants to grant that wish. Sarah decides on making a...more

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Dec 10, 2011 Kate rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I really enjoy this series because of how real the characters seem. Their lives are interesting, their troubles real, and friendships are very important to them. Sarah's daughter is getting married, which is a 20 year jump in time since the last book, and Sarah is reminiscing. Isn't that what we do when faced with such a life changing event? While preparing for Caroline's wedding, Sarah is thinking and musing about her friends and how everyone arrived in their current place. Many story lines fro...more

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Mar 03, 2013 Julie rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I was shocked in realizing this is the 18th book in the series. I have read them all and in order. Some I have enjoyed more than others. This is one I enjoyed. It's different in that it isn't a story at a certain point in time. It is a series of reminisces by Sarah, and actually in time takes place years in the future.. Sarah's reminisces fill in things which have happened since the previous book. Sylvia has passed on and the quilters' children are grown. I enjoyed it because it didn't drag out...more

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About Jennifer Chiaverini

Jennifer Chiaverini is the author of ten Elm Creek Quilts novels and An Elm Creek Quilts Sampler and An Elm Creek Quilts Album, as well as Elm Creek Quilts and Return to Elm Creek, two collections of quilt projects inspired by the series, and is the designer of the Elm Creek Quilts fabric lines from Red Rooster fabrics. She lives with her husband and two sons in Madison, Wisconsin.

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The Quilter's Apprentice (Elm Creek Quilts, #1)

The Runaway Quilt (Elm Creek Quilts, #4)

The Quilter's Legacy (Elm Creek Quilts, #5)

The Cross-Country Quilters (Elm Creek Quilts, #3)

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The Wedding Quilt (Elm Creek Quilts #18)

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