Jennifer Chiaverini
Autor/a de The Quilter's Apprentice
Sobre l'autor
Jennifer Chiaverini is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and the University of Chicago. She used to be a writing instructor at Penn State University and Edgewood College. She is the author of the Elm Creek Quilts series and four volumes of quilt patterns inspired by her novels. She is also mostra'n més the designer of the Elm Creek Quilts fabric lines from Red Rooster Fabrics. Among her most recent works, is the New York Times bestselling novel, Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker. (Publisher Provided) Jennifer Chiaverini is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and the University of Chicago. She is an American quilter and author. Her books include the Elm Creek Quilts series as well as five collections of quilt patterns inspired by her novels. She designs the Elm Creek Quilts fabric lines from Red Rooster Fabrics. She was also a writing instructor at Penn State and Edgewood College. Jennifer is also the author of bestselling novels Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker, The Spymistress and Mrs. Lincoln's Rival. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
Crèdit de la imatge: Jennifer Chiaverini credit Steven Garfinkel
Sèrie
Obres de Jennifer Chiaverini
Sylvia's Bridal Sampler from Elm Creek Quilts: The True Story Behind the Quilt - 140 Traditional Blocks (2009) 90 exemplars
More Elm Creek Quilts: 30 Traditional Blocks 11 Projects Favorite Character Sketches (2008) 73 exemplars
Return to Elm Creek: More Quilt Projects Inspired by the Elm Creek Quilts Novels (2004) 67 exemplars
Loyal Union Sampler from Elm Creek Quilts: 121 Traditional Blocks Quilt Along with the Women of the Civil War (2013) 31 exemplars
An Elm Creek Quilts Companion: New Fiction, Traditions, Quilts, and Favorite Moments from the Beloved Series (2013) 18 exemplars
Harriet’s Journey from Elm Creek Quilts: 100 Sampler Blocks Inspired by the Best-Selling Novel Circle of Quilters (2020) 12 exemplars
The Fabric Diary and The Runner's Quilt: Two Short Stories by Jennifer Chiaverini (2016) 5 exemplars
4 Elm Creek Quilters collections 1 exemplars
The Union Quilters: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel by Jennifer Chiaverini (7-Feb-2012) Paperback 1 exemplars
Elm Creek Quilts Set (1-19) 1 exemplars
The sugar camp quilt : an Elm Creek quilts novel 1 exemplars
Mrs. Lincoln's rival : a novel 1 exemplars
Elm Creek Quilt Series 4/4B elm,ret,mor,syl 1 exemplars
Quilter's legacy, The 1 exemplars
The Quilters Homecoming 1 exemplars
Elm Creek Quilts―Loyal Union Sampler Gift Wrap: 4 Patterns, 12 Sheets―20" × 30" for a total of 50 sq. ft. 12 Gift… (2014) 1 exemplars
Elm Creek Quilts Set (1, 3-6) 1 exemplars
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Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Data de naixement
- 1969-02-14
- Gènere
- female
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Llocs de residència
- Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA - Educació
- University of Notre Dame
University of Chicago - Professions
- teacher
writing instructor
writer - Organitzacions
- Mad City Quilters
- Premis i honors
- Pennsylvania State University
Membres
Ressenyes
The Christmas quilt : an Elm Creek quilts novel de Jennifer Chiaverini
As Christmas approaches, Sarah wants to decorate Elm Creek Manor. When she and Sylvia retrieve the decorations from the attic, Sarah finds another box Sylvia did not expect. The box contains a quilt begun by Great Aunt Lucinda which had been worked on by generations of Bergstrom women but never completed. Sarah wants to finish it. Sylvia hopes Sarah can make amends with her mother this Christmas. The book is filled with lovely Christmas traditions and sadness as we read of the men lost in World War II. I'm not sure why I never read this installment, but I'm glad I did. It's a great way to start the holiday series--thinking of families and the traditions we share.… (més)
½
I enjoyed this one enough that I finished it in a matter of hours.
In this installment, we get the back story of several potential new instructors for Elm Creek Quilt Camp - namely, how they got into quilting in the first place - and I really liked that.
There were a few annoyances: the author writes as if she truly believes everyone should be coupled and that "the one" exists for every individual; young children speak unrealistically; characters gripe about being twenty pounds overweight as if that's a huge amount; and there were several very obvious typos that changed the meaning of the text.
But I finished it in one day, so I still really liked it, obviously! I'll be curious to see where these new characters go in future books.… (més)
In this installment, we get the back story of several potential new instructors for Elm Creek Quilt Camp - namely, how they got into quilting in the first place - and I really liked that.
There were a few annoyances: the author writes as if she truly believes everyone should be coupled and that "the one" exists for every individual; young children speak unrealistically; characters gripe about being twenty pounds overweight as if that's a huge amount; and there were several very obvious typos that changed the meaning of the text.
But I finished it in one day, so I still really liked it, obviously! I'll be curious to see where these new characters go in future books.… (més)
I enjoyed the way this book is the story of just one day (or mostly one day) yet the back stories of the projects that the quilters worked on were shared, also.
While Chiaverini embraces childless women and single mothers as characters, she doesn't really do justice to the single and childless. (At least, not in the four books by her that I've read so far this year.) I'd love to see a well-balanced character who has accepted both of these circumstances.
While Chiaverini embraces childless women and single mothers as characters, she doesn't really do justice to the single and childless. (At least, not in the four books by her that I've read so far this year.) I'd love to see a well-balanced character who has accepted both of these circumstances.
Just what I needed: A cozy, clean read about a community of quilters!
Each chapter is told from a different character's perspective. Instead of each character picking up the story where the previous one left off, though, most of the chapters cover the same time period, so various plot points and dialogue exchanges are repeated, which I didn't love. A couple of minor characters also acted in ways that seemed unrealistic.
On the moral front, premarital sex is portrayed as being relatively acceptable (though there is no description of it).
All the same, it was a nice break from the nonfiction I tend to read. I'll definitely keep turning to this series in the future for all my fluffy-but-not-too-fluffy reading needs.… (més)
Each chapter is told from a different character's perspective. Instead of each character picking up the story where the previous one left off, though, most of the chapters cover the same time period, so various plot points and dialogue exchanges are repeated, which I didn't love. A couple of minor characters also acted in ways that seemed unrealistic.
On the moral front, premarital sex is portrayed as being relatively acceptable (though there is no description of it).
All the same, it was a nice break from the nonfiction I tend to read. I'll definitely keep turning to this series in the future for all my fluffy-but-not-too-fluffy reading needs.… (més)
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Feminism (1)
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Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 68
- També de
- 1
- Membres
- 16,393
- Popularitat
- #1,384
- Valoració
- 3.7
- Ressenyes
- 607
- ISBN
- 455
- Llengües
- 6
- Preferit
- 22
