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Our book to read and discuss during December 2013 is The Christmas Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini. Get the book from your local library or bookstore and join us!
In the Elm Creek Quilts series, The Christmas Quilt takes place in the interim between The Quilter's Apprentice and Round Robin. The story takes place at Elm Creek Manor in Pennsylvania at Christmas time.
When asked if Elm Creek Manor is a real place, Chiaverini responded: "Elm Creek Manor is fictional, but the red barn on the estate is based upon a real barn in Boalsburg, Pennsylvania that has been restored and turned into a theater-in-the-round for a local community theater group, the State College Community Theatre. The fictional town of Waterford, Pennsylvania is based upon State College, Pennsylvania -- but Waterford is much smaller, just as Waterford College is much smaller than Penn State."
If you'd like to make a block to represent the setting of the book, here are some ideas to get you started. Click on each block to go to the free pattern. Christmas Star Quilt Block
Could Be Christmas Quilt Block
Pennsylvania Parade Quilt Block
Yuletide Quilt Block
Where is your favorite place to celebrate the Christmas holidays? Inquiring minds want to know! Please answer in the comment section below. If you're reading this via e-mail, you must click on the title of the blog post in order to comment or to read the comments of others. By commenting, you are entering your name in this month's give-away. Plume Books has generously offered a December give-away of two more copies of Jennifer Chiaverini's just-released book, An Elm Creek Quilts Companion.
You might also enjoy reading my previous blog post Old Snowflake Quilt Block and Velvet Shoes.
