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I loved this book! It's cozy. It's filled with quilt talk. And it's a murder mystery. My favorite combination!
If you like Jennifer Chiaverini’s first book: The Quilter’s Apprentice, you will enjoy The Lover's Knot.
I found myself in quite a dilemma…to read or to quilt. So I would read a couple of chapters then my fingers would start to itch and I just had to go quilt or do some kind of hand work. All the quilt talk in the story had me motivated to get busy quilting. I
wish this series was available in audible format so I could listen to the
quilters solving the mystery while I worked on my projects.
If you like Jennifer Chiaverini’s first book: The Quilter’s Apprentice, you will enjoy The Lover's Knot.
I found myself in quite a dilemma…to read or to quilt. So I would read a couple of chapters then my fingers would start to itch and I just had to go quilt or do some kind of hand work. All the quilt talk in the story had me motivated to get busy quilting. I
wish this series was available in audible format so I could listen to the
quilters solving the mystery while I worked on my projects.
Nell Fitzgerald is the main character. Nell is no stranger to the quilting world, but she is not a quilter…yet. Right after she receives her grandmother’s
wedding quilt, Nell is devastated by her co-worker/fiancée admiting he is not
ready to get married. Nell decides to get
away from NYC and visit her sensible grandmother Eleanor in Archers Rest. A small town where everyone know everybody's business. Eleanor just happens to be the owner of a
well-establish quilt shop – Someday Quilts. I love discovering quilt shops like Someday Quilts – packed to the
rafters with fabrics, tools, and books with quilts hanging everywhere. sigh! oh sorry...back to the story..
Nell meets the Friday night group – The Someday
Quilters. Soon everyone in Nell’s new
life along with the return of Nell’s ex(?)-fiancée are all tangled up in a murder
mystery with small town secrets. Most amateur detectives are unwilling participates in solving a mystery, but not Nell! She openly admits that she is having fun playing detective despite being told to stop being a snoop by a very handsome Police Chief.
Between murder and romance, Nell starts learning about
quilting. I love the way Clare smoothly
added little quilting lessons into the story.
In one part, Eleanor explains to Nell the measurements of a fat-quarter
starting with a ¼ yard to why the fat quarter is more useful to the
quilter. Nell soon discovers quilting can be very therapeutic for the mind and soul.
I can't wait to start the next one: A Drunkard's Path
It is so nice to be back in the NW area. I miss all the green, the crystal clear rivers, the tall snow-capped mountains, and the rocky coast. Oregon and Washington will always have a special place in my heart.
I can't wait to start the next one: A Drunkard's Path
Travel Day
One more travel day! We plan to spend a week in Spokane before heading west on the North Cascades Highway.
