Charlie P. reviewed on 2/4/2012

Helpful Score: 3

I am so in agreement with Cynthia; while I have thoroughly enjoyed the Elm Creek series, enough already with the slavery issue. It is a very dark (no pun intended) period of American history and for the most part one that does not need to be dredged up over and over, especially when you consider that pretty much everything you read about the so called "Underground Quilts" has been proven by scholars to be a fanciful figment of overworked imaginations. Like so much of the Elm Creek series when it comes to the slavery parts, romantic, fanciful nonsense.
I am a Black quilter and fabric store owner and, having lived in a house that was purported to have been a stop on the Underground Railroad, I have done a lot of research on the Underground Quilts and, as romantic a notion as it is, there is a lot of evidence that says it just ain't so. It seems to be a badly misguided attempt by many people to put an pretty dress on an ugly child. The same seems to be true with the Lost Quilter.

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