The Cross-Country Quilters
An Elm Creek Quilts Novel
by Jennifer Chiaverini
2001
Another in the Elm Creek Quilts series, this one focuses on a group of five quilters who meet and become friends during their first time at Elm Creek Quilt Camp. Just before they leave, they promise to return the following year and, as a token, they each take a piece of the same fabric with which to make a block for a quilt they'll complete when they meet again.
"A group of five far-flung friends has come to Elm Creek Quilt Camp, pledged to complete a "challenge quilt" - symbolic of each woman's personal goals - in one year's time. An aging starlet, a successful engineer, a mother of two, a renowned curator of antique quilts, and a sunny soul with a tragic past, they hope to find in their quilt lessons an escape from the problems they left at home. As the year goes by, their bonds are tested by the demands of daily life. But despite differences in age, race, and background, the friends' love for quilting and affection for one another unite them in a patchwork of caring and acceptance, reminding them that the strength of friendship can transcend any obstacle."
