"The third installment in the popular Elm Creek Quilt series (THE QUILTER'S APPRENTICE; ROUND ROBIN) once again features an ensemble cast of women who learn the importance of friendship and sisterhood by way of their passion for quilting. This time, five women from across the country meet during a weeklong visit to Elm Creek quilting camp in rural Waterford, PA ... Endearing characters and pleasant vignettes render this series as charming and cozy as a favorite blanket." – Publishers Weekly

"Boccacio gathered his storytellers together because of a plague, and Chaucer's pilgrims told their stories on their way to Canterbury; Jennifer Chiaverini is just as inventive when she has her storytellers meet at a quilting camp ... This is a gentle story speaking of concerns, troubles and triumphs that involve all women and the support that each can give. ... [The Cross-Country Quilters] is a pleasant and heartwarming read." – Roanoke Times

"The first two novels in Jennifer Chiaverini's Elm Creek Quilt Series, The Quilter's Apprentice and Round Robin, have become classics of their kind. In this third volume, the author depicts the experiences of five women who journey to the Elm Creek Quilt Camp partly to perfect their craft, but largely to sustain and cement friendships. Ms. Chiaverini's warm, generous portrayals of women who live to quilt and quilt to live provide a most welcome respite from the violence that mars so much of today's fiction." – Dallas Morning News