The Elm Creek Quilts novels are a series of books written by Jennifer Chiaverini. The series includes twenty-one novels, three short stories available as e-books, and a reader’s guide:
The Quilter’s Apprentice (1999)
Round Robin (2000)
The Cross-Country Quilters (2001)
The Runaway Quilt (2002)
The Quilter’s Legacy (2003)
The Master Quilter (2004)
The Sugar Camp Quilt (2005)
The Christmas Quilt (2005)
Circle of Quilters (2006)
The Quilter’s Homecoming (2007)
The New Year’s Quilt (2007)
The Winding Ways Quilt (2008)
The Quilter’s Kitchen (2008)
The Lost Quilter (2009)
A Quilter’s Holiday (2009)
The Aloha Quilt (2010)
The Union Quilters (Feb 2011)
The Wedding Quilt (Nov 2011)
Sonoma Rose (Feb 2012)
The Giving Quilt (Oct 2012)
The Christmas Boutique (Oct 2019)
An Elm Creek Quilts Companion (Oct 2013)
The Runner’s Quilt and The Fabric Diary: Two eShort Stories (Oct 2015)
In most of the books, the main character is a master quilter named Sylvia Bergstrom Compson. She and her young friend Sarah McClure open a quilters’ retreat at Sylvia’s family estate, Elm Creek Manor. Sarah and Sylvia run the “quilt camp” with the help of their friends, the Elm Creek Quilters. Other books are historical, featuring Sylvia’s ancestors and earlier residents of the Elm Creek Valley.