Fifth in the Elm Creek Quilts series of novels, THE QUILTER`S LEGACY begins when Sylvia begins the poignant search for a pile of quilts made by her mother, Eleanor, who died when Sylvia was a child. Sylvia is about to wed for the second time--a late-in-life marriage to her old friend Andrew--to the dismay of her grown children. The narrative alternates between the lives of Sylvia and Eleanor--two feisty women who pursue their own paths.