This was an interesting look at the emotions, history, and personal stories in quilting. Inspirational: I'm ready to start projects of my own now.

In a word, this book was disappointing. It lacks the spirituality promised in the introduction and is full of sweeping and often inaccurate generalities about quilting. It is also quite judgmental about those who don't finish their quilt projects without exploring the Zen behind that. In fact drawing connections between Zen and quilting seems to have been forgotten after the first chapter. The author talks a lot about her own past projects and making blocks for the book, (which we never see) but not much about other peoples experiences other than to mention names. I wanted their stories and deeper meanings behind their quilting experiences. What we got was superficial, cursory, and unsatisfing. It was clear that insufficient research was done to do the subject justice. I also suspect that Sarah Winchester, if she were still alive, would be quite surprised to find Mrs. Remington (page 180) being given credit for the design of the Winchester Mystery House. As a spritual book it misses the mark, and as a quilting book it's inadequate. Quilters, you'll feed your soul better if you save your money and buy fabric instead.