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Tying the Knot Kansas Quilter Series Book 1 eBook Linda K Hubalek



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Tying the Knot, the first historical fiction book in the Kansas Quilter series follows Kizzie Pieratt as she receives trunks and quilts from her relatives to use on her family’s wagon trip from Kansas to the Indian Territory. Each chapter is like a short story, where Kizzie learns about the significant moves previous generations have made for their families, just like she is about to do next.

This book series shares the stories and photos of Linda Hubalek’s pioneer ancestors that homesteaded in Kansas in the 1800s. The Kansas Quilter series continues the family stories written in Hubalek’s Trail of Thread series.

A bonus section tells the "Story behind the story" of the Kansas Quilter series and features photos of some of the quilts that the Pieratt family made.

Excerpt from Tying the Knot.

“But my ma made it…”

Both my mother-in-law Harriet and I glance up at the words James Monroe just uttered softly. Does my big father-in-law have a tear in his eye?

His fingers slowly rub the corner of the tattered string quilt and he has the most mournful look I have ever seen on his worn, bearded face.

Harriet had brought down a pile of old quilts stored upstairs in their home that she thought we could use on our wagon trip.

We were going through them in the kitchen while James Monroe sat at the kitchen table, having his usual afternoon cup of coffee and a slice of pie.

I look back at the quilt. Its blocks are arranged in groups of four to form a diamond pattern. It’s a combination of light and dark shirt silk and cotton material with odds and ends of red and blue blocks mixed in, in odd places. I pick up the opposite end of the quilt where there is a bright red block. Looking closer I see it’s not the original fabric, but newer material. I’m guessing the five red blocks, have been patched over worn out spots on the quilt.

The backing is one sheet of old flannel and the filling isn’t too lumpy. It would be perfect to use as outside bedding on our trip, or use as a tent to shield the children from sun or rain. I’m certainly not going to use my good quilts for that purpose.

Why is James Monroe being sentimental about a thread-bare quilt?

“I was ten when I left Kentucky with my parents and five siblings. I remember Ma packing her trunks, stewing about what she had to pack for the family’s survival and what she had to leave behind. My father kept harping about only the necessities were to be taken along because there was only so much room in the wagon bed, and she was stuffing it past capacity the way it was. The team had to pull the wagon all the way to Kansas, and they didn’t have money to buy new teams along the way if the animals wore out from hauling too heavy a load day in and out.”

James Monroe keeps pulling the quilt his way until he tugs it out of my hands. Then he wraps the quilt in his forearms as if he is protecting it from two deranged women.

Harriet and I just look at each other and then back to the man clutching the quilt and lost in thought.

“Tell us about your ma and this quilt,” I say as I sink down into one of the chairs at the table.

Maybe if James Monroe talks about the quilt he’ll give it up, plus the others that were piled on the floor. I need those quilts and Harriet is glad to pass them on—probably because she didn’t make them and has no sentimental value attachment to them.

Come to think about it, I’d be a little sentimental about some things that I grew up with too, so I better not be impatient with my father-in-law.

Tying the Knot Kansas Quilter Series Book 1 eBook Linda K Hubalek

An interesting tale of an often-forgotten time in our history. This true (fictionalized) story is told from the viewpoint of the woman asked to move with her children away from the farmland she had always loved and her extended family to the latest frontier, the Oklahoma Territories. The book is about leaving the familiar for the unknown. She realizes that the women in her family had been doing the same thing for generations. The book contains the author's photos of family members and quilts mentioned in the story.

Product details

  • File Size 3803 KB
  • Print Length 112 pages
  • Publisher Butterfield Books Inc.; 1 edition (April 8, 2014)
  • Publication Date April 8, 2014
  • Sold by  Digital Services LLC
  • Language English
  • ASIN B00JK8GC0K

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Tying the Knot Kansas Quilter Series Book 1 eBook Linda K Hubalek Reviews


short, lots of old photos of authors family, not much of a story, too brief, quilt photos were interesting if you're in to quilting, I am.
This is very interesting. I like some diaries. The settlers telling their joys and
sorrows crossing the mid-west. This one - to me - was a little "slow".
This story went by slowly. I didn't get the feel of being there
with them. But, the history of travel out to a strange and
wonderous land is always of interest.
Pamela
A historical peek into the decisions families made when settling the prairie. The quilting thread throughout the tale is a touch of love through the various generations. Thoroughly enjoyed this book
If you like family stories, history, quilting, hardships, and perseverance then this is a book for you. Truth is often more interesting than fiction.
Being a quilter, I found this well researched tracing of quilts and their families as they moved west in our early days intriguing. Many pictures were an added bonus. Somewhat difficult to keep all the family names straight, but an interesting read.
I have never been much of a reader because I was very challenged with dyslexia and didn't really learn to read until I was in my late 20s I now have read all but two of her books and just can't get enough of them I am consumed by her stories and there is nothing that I don't enjoy about them I would encourage anyone to read them I do not like to read total fiction I am more of a history reader and this just what I love about the way she writes
An interesting tale of an often-forgotten time in our history. This true (fictionalized) story is told from the viewpoint of the woman asked to move with her children away from the farmland she had always loved and her extended family to the latest frontier, the Oklahoma Territories. The book is about leaving the familiar for the unknown. She realizes that the women in her family had been doing the same thing for generations. The book contains the author's photos of family members and quilts mentioned in the story.
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