SOLVED. Book of short stories and essays about quilting [s]

[Sandra]

Hi, everybody--Sometime in the last 10 years, I read a book that included short stories and essays about quilting. Only one story sticks out in my mind. It is about an engaged woman who is biracial, part Asian and part black, and she breaks off her engagement because she just doesn't feel right about it. She is a quilt maker and makes a quilt with both Asian and African patterns in it. I also remember her going to a spa with one or two of her friends, spending some of the money she would have spent on the wedding.

I think the story was written by a black woman but I'm not sure. I know it is not "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker.

[Kris]

Once Upon a Quilt: A Scrapbook of Quilting Past and Present by Margret Aldrich?
Rich Fabric - an Anthology: The Tradition, Symbolism and Culture of Quilting by Melinda McGuire?

[Sandra]

I don't know if its either of those. I don't think so.

[Kris]

Here are the Amazon "Look Inside" preview links:
http://www.amazon.com/Once-Upon-Quilt...
http://www.amazon.com/Rich-Fabric-Ant...

[Sandra]

The copyrights on these books are too new. I read this book prior to 2006.

[Kris]

Just to let you know, Once Upon a Quilt: A Scrapbook of Quilting Past and Present was first published in 2003 according to Goodreads. Amazon often shows the most recent reprint.

[Sandra]

Kris wrote: "Just to let you know, Once Upon a Quilt: A Scrapbook of Quilting Past and Present was first published in 2003 according to Goodreads. Amazon often shows the most recent reprint."

Oh, OK! Thank you! I will take a closer look at it.

[Sandra]

bump

[Bekki]

Was it How to Make an American Quilt ?

[Melanti]

Google search of a few keywords turned up "Quilting on the Rebound" by Terry McMillan, in This Old Quilt: A Heartwarming Celebration of Quilts And Quilting Memories.

Or, at least in the preview below it mentions the main character of that story being biracial.

https://books.google.com/books?id=IDA...

[Angela]

Could it be Every Quilt Tells a Story by Helen Kelley?

[Sandra]

I am so sorry--I did not check this thread in over a year!

It is "Quilting on the Rebound" by Terry McMillan.

Thank you so much for all your help!

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Great. It's in This Old Quilt: A Heartwarming Celebration of Quilts And Quilting Memories.