A pioneer mother lovingly stitches a beautiful quilt which warms and comforts her daughter Abigail; many years later another mother mends and patches it for her little girl.

"From a basket of old clothes, Anna's babushka, Uncle Vladimir's shirt, Aunt Havalah's nightdress, and an apron of Aunt Natasha's become the Keeping Quilt, passed along from mother to daughter for almost a century. For four generations the quilt is a Sabbath tablecloth, a wedding canopy, and a blanket that welcomes babies warmly into the world.In strongly moving pictures that are as heart-warming as they are real, Patricia Polacco tells the story...

Poppleton goes to a movie alone, makes a quilt with his friends, and ends up eating a banana split instead of taking a bath.

While working on a quilt that her grandmother had started before she died, Katy discovers the special memories and meanings that are part of every quilt.

A special quilt keeps a little girl from feeling homesick when she sleeps over with her grandparents.

As her family travels by wagon train to Oregon, a young girl gathers scraps of cloth so that she can make a quilt. Includes historical note.

With a hard winter on the way, Grandmother uses her family's rags and stories to create a cozy quilt.

When Elvirey and her family move to a log cabin in the Michigan woods, something even more important than Granny's quilt pieces makes the new dwelling a home.

With her cat in her lap, an old woman makes a quilt, stitching into it the experiences and objects of her life.