Twelve Golden Threads: A Novel of Life Lessons from Grama's Quilt

by Aliske Webb

From her nursing home, a grandmother teaches her two granddaughters how to quilt under the compassionate and watchful eye of their narrating mother. Jennifer, who has just graduated from college with a business degree and intends to be a millionaire by the age of 30, and her younger, shyer sister, Susan, who is studying to be a teacher, are both avid pupils. Grama's simple lessons in basic quilting become something greater and more profound to these four women, stitching together the fabric of their lives. As Jen and Susan learn 12 crucial lessons in quilt making, they discover a formula for how to embroider their individual lives. As in life, in the ninth month comes fruition: Jen and Susan's quilts are completed, but so is their Grama's journey. One thing remains to be finished: the unique quilt Grama has been making secretly as a gift for their mother. When they examine all things their Grama left behind, both material and spiritual, they find her final lesson, the Golden Needle: do everything with love.

224 pages, Paperback

Published April 17, 1997

Reviews

[Jennifer]

Some good life lessons learned at the feet from Grama as these young girls are learning to quilt, but it was far too predictable for me to enjoy. The conversation felt too scripted to be fresh and engaging.

[Angi]

Too preachy for me.

[Karen]

As a quilter this book caught my eye in an airport book story. I could not put it down and I still hold on to it. It is a story about a Grandmother in a nursing home that teaches her two granddaughter how to quilt. A story of a family of strong women and their journey through the quilt of life. For those of use that has a quilt knows the comfurt and love it holds.

[Marykay]

Family Values Book. OK read.