Another good instalment in this series. These books are like comfort food to me and I enjoyed revisiting the characters. Changes are ahead for the Elm Creek Quilters so I'll be interested to know where the next book goes. ( )

This is a wonderful introduction to the new characters and recap/history of all the characters of this series! ( )

The Winding Ways Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini
The new teachers are in place at the retreats. Love hearing all about their new techniques and how they are done.
Overlapping circles that curve symbolize the twisting paths others have taken.
This story has chapters by Sylvia/Andrew and Sara/Matthew who cook and she quilts before the quilting retreaters show up for their week long sojourn learning new things from others.
There are chapters from Gwen and Summer as their relationship changes.
Chapters from another founding member: Judy who will be leaving soon. The travel from one end of the state to the other is giving her problems to care for her mother and continue her work.
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device). ( )

I went to the Library to look up a visual journaling book and decided to pick up a couple of novels as well. This book is a slight diversion, I hadn't read it and it happened to be on the shelf, so it came home. I knew it would be a quick read. It was ok. I like the characters and think there is a lot of potential for compilations of biographies of the characters. I think that Chiaverini is having trouble keeping all the characters straight. If she isn't, she isn't communicating their stories well. I like the stories and background of the characters, but there are just too many of them to do each of them justice. I think that Chiaverini should create a compendium, so non-groupie readers can look up the characters and be reminded of their place in the story. On the positive side, this issue means that there is no problem in reading the books again! ( )

I loved listening to this book and did the second half of it in one afternoon. We caught up with all the current Elm Creek Quilters and delved more into their pasts. I didn't get that she was spending so much time on Judy since she was leaving, but understood later when she did almost as much with Summer and then wrapped up with another chapter on Sylvia's presenting the quilts. There was also more on what camp life was like as it took place during summer and added the new cook Anna with awesome sounding dishes. I'm looking forward to seeing how the new teachers fare. ( )