When Sam Johnson inadvertently discovers how much fun sewing can be, he tries to join the Rosedale Women's Quilting Club. "Don't be silly," the club president says. "We can't have a man here bungling everything!" But Sam Johnson won't take no for an answer. He organizes a rival sewing circle -- and no women need apply.
Library Binding
(Perfection Learning, April 1, 1992)
When Sam Johnson inadvertently discovers how much fun sewing can be, he tries to join the Rosedale Women's Quilting Club. "Don't be silly," the club president says. "We can't have a man here bungling everything!" But Sam Johnson won't take no for an answer. He organizes a rival sewing circle -- and no women need apply.
In turn-of-the-century Rosedale, a quilting farmer is an unacceptable oddity, so Sam Johnson challenges the women in the town to a blue-ribbon quilting contest to set matters right. Ernst is "an original and beguiling author."--Publishers Weekly
Hardcover
(Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, Dec. 1, 1983)
While mending the awning over the pig pen, Sam discovers that he enjoys sewing the various patches together but meets with scorn and ridicule when he asks his wife if he could join her quilting club.
School & Library Binding
(Turtleback Books, April 20, 1992)
FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. While mending the awning over the pig pen, Sam discovers that he enjoys sewing the various patches together, but is scorned and ridiculed when he asks his wife if he can join her quilting club.
While mending the awning over the pig pen, Sam discovers that he enjoys sewing the various patches together but meets with scorn and ridicule when he asks his wife if he could join her quilting club