When the creative residents of Elm Creek gather the week after Thanksgiving to work on quilts for Project Linus, they respond to Sylvia's provocative questions to alleviate respective personal challenges and learn helpful lessons about the strength of human connections.

"Enter a historic Nebraskan prison where three women find betrayal, love, and ultimate truth. Jane Prescott is serving a ten-year sentence for murder. Can a broken spirit be healed behind bars? Matron Mamie Dawson feels called to help the wounded women in her charge. Will a guard's attentions keep her from her mission? Warden's wife Ellen McKenna has changed her preconceptions about these female prisoners. Will it be enough to save her from a life-or-death...

Sarah hasn't seen her friend Suzy since college graduation but helps her with moving Suzy's great-uncle into assisted living. When his toolbox goes missing, along with other items, Sarah tries to find out why things keep disappearing and what secrets they've all been hiding.

Sarah discovers that Belle, her boarder, has disappeared along with Sarah's family heirloom Christmas quilt. Will she be able to bring Belle and the Star of Bethlehem quilt home for Christmas?

Sarah Hart finds an old sampler quilt at an estate sale at the Haber farm and when the Habers attempt to buy it back she knows something is wrong. As she lovingly restores the quilt, will she be able to follow the pattern and find the truth and the treasure the Habers are seeking before it's too late?

Emilie Rhodes was taught to think for herself, but doing so makes her want to write the "real news." This offends her newspaper editor father, who fires her. When Emilie begins writing anonymously for her father's competition, she finds herself falling in love with lecturer and dramatist Noah Shaw. Noah in turn seeks answers to stories tied with his grandmother's quilts, even though the truth may lead to brokenness-- or hope and healing.

"Clara Bender believes a visit to Hickory Hollow may help her find direction after her father remarries. While restoring an heirloom quilt with her great-aunt Ella Mae Zook, the two form a warm bond. When Clara's life is again upended by an unexpected incident and a young Amish man, will she find where her heart belongs?"-- Provided by publisher.

When Sarah decides to make a quilt depicting her favorite view from Mount Greylock, she hikes to the area, bringing her granddaughters, a sketchbook, and a camera. The girls videotape each other goofing off at the top of the hill, and later, Sarah notices something odd in their footage: a man, barely visible through the bushes, struggling with something on the ground. Who is he? What was he doing there?

Sarah's friend Ella says she has found an old quilt in her basement that proves that her house was a stop on the Underground Railroad. When Ella disappears Sarah must unravel the history of the quilt to learn what happened.