The World's Fair Quilt

An Elm Creek Quilts Novel

By: Jennifer Chiaverini

Narrated by: Christina Moore

Return to Elm Creek Manor with a heartfelt celebration of quilting, family, community, and history from from New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini.

As Sylvia Bergstrom Compson contends with financial setbacks at Elm Creek Quilt Camp, her friend and colleague Summer Sullivan, curator of the Waterford Historical Society’s quilt gallery, asks a special favor. When Sylvia and her elder sister were teenagers, they entered a quilt in the Sears National Quilt Contest for the 1933 Century of Progress Exposition. The unprecedented competition offered its 25,000 participants the opportunity for artistic expression, the thrill of competition, a tantalizing grand prize, and fame, with the finalists’ quilts prominently displayed at the Chicago World’s Fair. If Sylvia lent the Bergstrom sisters’ World’s Fair Quilt to Summer’s exhibit, it would illuminate a forgotten chapter of women’s history during the difficult years of the Great Depression.

Sylvia grants Summer’s request, but with misgivings. Neglected in the attic for decades, the fragile antique requires careful cleaning and repair—and not all of the memories it evokes are pleasant. Threads of fierce rivalry were woven into the fabric of the sisters’ relationship. Yet as their masterpiece took shape, the reluctant partners discovered in each other an artistic kindred spirit, and perhaps even a friend—until a troubling secret threatened to shatter their newfound sisterhood.

My old favorites have returned!

Remembering the cast of characters of all the previous titles. Jennifer Chiaverini makes her stories come to life beautifully!

fell in love with the characters over the years. Glad to have Sylvia and Andrew back for a bit.

I love Jennifer's characterization, vocabulary and easy style of writing. Love the history involved. More please! More.

Poignant

Story was a tad bit hard to follow with switching from past to present. But once you adjusted to it, it was intriguing. I enjoyed the historical aspects immensely!

Return to Quilt Camp

I'm glad the author has taken us back to Elm Creek. I read the series a while ago and Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker, but I most enjoyed stories about the quilt makers, Sylvia and her staff. Christina Moore's narration brings the characters to life.

Wonderful quilting story

I love the Elm Creek Quilt books. And I really enjoy Christina Moore’s narration. The stories are clean and following all the people they the years is fun.