I enjoy picking up a book without reading the excerpt. Obviously I knew it was about A Quilt for Christmas. And little Fiona brings everyone together in this wonderfully heartwarming read. She’s about five years old, while her siblings are at school her mother has a medical emergency which brings Fiona to the doorstep of her neighbor, Vera. Fiona spots a quilt that Vera made and tells Vera how her mother has always wanted a patchwork quilt. The story begins with Fiona and Vera acquiring help from the community to make a quilt for Fiona’s mother for Christmas. I loved the characters, Eleanor, what fun she is, we all know an Eleanor at least once in our lifetimes, well written story line and I adored the budding friendship between Evan, Eleanor’s son and Tasha who works at the local flower shop that has volunteered to help with the quilt. Super quick holiday read.
This book reminded me of when I was involved in a quilting group. It was the AnySoldier Quilting Bees. I found the group in the forums they had at that time. We would each make a quilting square, send them to one person who would sew them together and another would put in the batting and finish it up as a quilt to give a soldier they’d find and nominate for a quilt. I also joined in on a memorial quilt. I wasn’t real knowledgeable about quilting so it was a great way to learn and this book I read brought back those heart warming acts of kindness and kind of reminded me of that group, wondering if I’m still friends with any of them on Facebook.
