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Elm Creek Quilts Series

22 primary works • 26 total works
The Christmas Quilt takes place in the interim between The Quilter's Apprentice and Round Robin.

The Sugar Camp Quilt is set in 1849-1850, so it takes place before the events chronicled in Gerda's memoir in The Runaway Quilt.

The Quilter's Homecoming is set mainly in 1925, but it branches off from a storyline introduced in The Christmas Quilt.

The New…

Book 1

The Quilter's Apprentice
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3.95 · 16670 Ratings · 1719 Reviews · published 1999 · 31 editions
After moving with her husband, Matt, to the small …

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    Book 2

    Round Robin
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    4.00     · 8595 Ratings · 596 Reviews · published 2000 · 26 editions
    Round Robin reunites readers with the Elm Creek Qu…

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    Book 3

    The Cross-Country Quilters
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    4.06     · 7731 Ratings · 550 Reviews · published 2001 · 25 editions
    Julia, Megan, Donna, Grace, and Vinnie are cross-c…

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    Book 4

    The Runaway Quilt
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    4.16     · 8240 Ratings · 659 Reviews · published 2002 · 25 editions
    The fourth novel in the Elm Creek Quilts series as…

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    Book 5

    The Quilter's Legacy
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    4.12     · 7225 Ratings · 381 Reviews · published 2003 · 21 editions
    Resolving to locate her mother's heirloom quilts a…

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    Book 6

    The Master Quilter
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    4.06     · 6057 Ratings · 351 Reviews · published 2004 · 27 editions
    This ninth Elm Creek Quilts novel continues the se…

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    Book 7

    The Sugar Camp Quilt
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    4.10     · 6513 Ratings · 490 Reviews · published 2005 · 24 editions
    With Jennifer Chiaverini's trademark historical su…

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    Book 8

    The Christmas Quilt
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    3.89     · 5844 Ratings · 468 Reviews · published 2005 · 23 editions
    When Christmas Eve comes to Elm Creek Manor, the t…

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    Book 9

    Circle of Quilters
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    4.09     · 5831 Ratings · 394 Reviews · published 2006 · 24 editions
    The ninth book in Jennifer Chiaverini's bestsellin…

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    Book 10

    The Quilter's Homecoming
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    4.07     · 5423 Ratings · 350 Reviews · published 2007 · 27 editions
    Newly wed in a festive yet poignant ceremony at El…

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    Book 11

    The New Year's Quilt
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    3.85     · 4276 Ratings · 313 Reviews · published 2007 · 3 editions
    As each holiday season approaches, some revel in w…

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    Book 12

    The Winding Ways Quilt
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    4.00     · 4380 Ratings · 371 Reviews · published 2008 · 5 editions
    A latest installment in the popular series brings …

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    Book 13

    The Quilter's Kitchen
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    3.51     · 3371 Ratings · 416 Reviews · published 2008 · 13 editions
    In The Quilter’s Kitchen, Anna Del Maso revisits t…

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    Book 14

    The Lost Quilter
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    4.20     · 5440 Ratings · 664 Reviews · published 2009 · 32 editions
    Master Quilter Sylvia Bergstrom Compson treasures …

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    Book 15

    A Quilter's Holiday
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    3.96     · 3419 Ratings · 290 Reviews · published 2009 · 4 editions
    For the Elm Creek Quilters, the day after Thanksgi…

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    Book 16

    The Aloha Quilt
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    3.90     · 5478 Ratings · 696 Reviews · published 2010 · 33 editions
    Another season of Elm Creek Quilt Camp has come to…

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    Book 17

    The Union Quilters
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    3.90     · 4153 Ratings · 534 Reviews · published 2011 · 23 editions
    The New York Times bestselling author of the Elm C…

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    Book 18

    The Wedding Quilt
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    3.82     · 3600 Ratings · 466 Reviews · published 2011 · 24 editions
    The New York Times bestseller celebrates one of Am…

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    Book 19

    Sonoma Rose
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    3.95     · 3161 Ratings · 461 Reviews · published 2012 · 24 editions
    As the nation grapples with the strictures of Proh…

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    Book 20

    The Giving Quilt
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    3.89     · 3245 Ratings · 472 Reviews · published 2012 · 18 editions
    “Why do you give?” asks Master Quilter Sylvia Berg…

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    Book 21

    The Christmas Boutique
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    3.67     · 4245 Ratings · 692 Reviews · published 2019 · 11 editions
    Just weeks before Christmas, severe wintry weather…

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    Book 1-3

    An Elm Creek Quilts Sampler
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    4.17     · 1023 Ratings · 91 Reviews · published 2000 · 8 editions

    Three Complete Novels,
    The Quilter's Apprentice, …

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    Book 4-6

    An Elm Creek Quilts Album
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    4.33     · 322 Ratings · 17 Reviews · 9 editions

    Three complete novels, The Runaway Quilt, The Quil…

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    Book 8 & 11

    The Christmas Quilt / The New Year's Quilt
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    4.08     · 426 Ratings · 13 Reviews · published 2005 · 5 editions
    A heartwarming rendition of how Christmas traditio…

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    Book 7, 9-10

    An Elm Creek Quilts Collection: The Sugar Camp Quilt / Circle of Quilters / The Quilter’s Homecoming
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    4.28     · 114 Ratings · 10 Reviews · 3 editions
    Three complete novels: The Sugar Camp Quilt, Circl…

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    Book 22

    The Museum of Lost Quilts
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    4.07     · 2954 Ratings · 438 Reviews · 10 editions
    Jennifer Chiaverini’s beloved and bestselling Elm …

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