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Patience Griffin

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Award-winning author Patience Griffin has been writing and sewing her whole life but didn’t discover her love of quilting until her late thirties. She decided the best way to acquire her first quilt was to make one for herself. At nearly the same time, she started commuting three and half hours a day for her dream engineering job. To pass the time on the long drive, she got hooked on audiobooks—especially books with love stories.

Within a couple of years, she was writing stories of her own. It was no surprise to her family and friends when she combined her love of quilting, her small town roots, and her obsession with Scottish romances into novels.

She has gained some recognition with her September 11th Story Quilt which has toured the coun ...more

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	To Scotland with Love (Kilts and Quilts, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 2,295 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Meet Me In Scotland (Kilts and Quilts, #2) 3.85 avg rating — 1,364 ratings — published 2015 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Some Like It Scottish (Kilts and Quilts, #3) 3.94 avg rating — 1,056 ratings — published 2015 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Trouble With Scotland (Kilts and Quilts, #5) 4.09 avg rating — 872 ratings — published 2016 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Accidental Scot (Kilts and Quilts, #4) 4.02 avg rating — 870 ratings — published 2015 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	It Happened in Scotland (Kilts and Quilts, #6) 3.94 avg rating — 831 ratings — published 2017 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blame It on Scotland (Kilts and Quilts #7) 4.07 avg rating — 544 ratings — published 2018 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One Snowy Night (Sweet Home, Alaska, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 444 ratings — published 2021 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Laird and I (Kilts and Quilts, #6.5) 4.02 avg rating — 434 ratings — published 2015 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kilt in Scotland (Kilts and Quilts Book, # 8) 3.95 avg rating — 352 ratings — published 2019 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Chance to Win Riley Blake Collector's Box!To celebrate th...

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To celebrate the release of Hitched in Scotland and my new fabric line with Riley Blake batiks called "A Touch of Celtic", I'm giving away one Walking with My Daughter Collector's Box, which includes the kit for the Walking with My Daughter quilt, a signed copy of To Scotland with Love, a matching bookmark, and postcard with a list of all my novels. What i Read more of this blog post »

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Kilts and Quilts (8 books)
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Hot Mess to Wellness: 7 Steps to Better Health When You Have Tried It All and Had Enough

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The 90-Day Novel

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Hooked on Ewe (Scottish Highlands, #2)

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Patience Griffin answered Brenda Knight's question: If book 8 of the Kilts & Quilts Series is Kilt in Scotland, and book 10 of the series is Hitched in Scotland, what is the title of book 9 of the series? Thanks. Hi, Brenda, Sorry for the delay. Lots going on here! You asked a great question. Originally, The Laird and I was slated as book #6.5 because it is a novella (a short book). However, I've had trouble with book outlets not listing the The Laird and I a See Full Answer
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“ought to be capable of, Cait stepped through the doorway into the overly”
― Patience Griffin, To Scotland With Love

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“You might be able to put things to rights by ripping out a seam, but I say, sometimes it’s best to leave a block as it is. Part of a magnificent patchwork, and a way to look back on the messes we’ve made and think how in the end, it all turned out fine. Lovely, in fact.”
― Patience Griffin, The Trouble With Scotland

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“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
― H. Jackson Brown Jr., P.S. I Love You

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“If you know someone who tries to drown their sorrows, you might tell them sorrows know how to swim.”
― H. Jackson Brown Jr., P.S. I Love You

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“The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.”
― H. Jackson Brown Jr., P.S. I Love You

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