Barbara Breaks from Amish Tradition to Express Her ArtistryFull of faith, hope, and romance, this new series takes you into the Heart of Amish country. Barbara Schwartz was born into a family of quilters, but she would rather eat dirt than partake in another quilting frolic or sew on another binding. When her parents send her to Indiana to help her grandmother in her quilting shop, she finds herself amongst a very different community. It's only one summer and then she will be back in Kentucky where she belongs. Melvin Bontrager's world stopped six years ago when his parents died. Now when his only means of providing for his widowed sister and niece is threatened, Melvin finds his landscaping business disappearing too. When spring delivers a newcomer who is immune to his salty moods, Melvin does something he has never done before, accepts help. What blooms is the last thing Barbara ever expected, and everything Melvin could ever want. The Heart of the Amish Series Also Includes: Ruth's Ginger Snap Surprise by Anne Blackburne The Quilt Room Secret by Lisa Jones Baker Courting the Amish Bishop by Mindy Steele Mary's Calico Hope by Anne Blackburne
5 stars, Quilting Mediums
THE FLOWER QUILTER
by Mindy Steele
Every family has that one member who rebels against everything. Barbara Schwartz feels like she can't be who she is meant to be, in her family of quilters. She'd much rather be working all day in the garden than be stuck inside, sticking her fingers with a needle.
Melvin Bontrager is losing his way of life in a landscaping business. He believes the only way he can survive and financially take care of his widowed sister and niece is to go work in a factory and be cut off from the wonderful outdoors that he loves.
Thankfully, God has more in store for them both. This is a delightful story, that shows us that you don't have to conform to a mold, to be a useful, productive person.
My favorite characters are Tough and Knot, a set of mischievous twin boys, Melvin, and Barbara.
"Worry over today, for tomorrow comes too quick." "Love never ends, and it bears all things."
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