I liked the intergenerational aspect of seniors, the stitchery club, and the teens from the shop all working together to learn various aspects of needlecraft though I will say that some of the characters's needlecraft strengths seemed a bit too matched to not be contrived.

In other ways, the plot mirrored the one in the previous book in this series (the only other one of the series that I've read) despite being a different author. I knew the granddaughter would turn out to be one of two teens from the group--I wasn't really sure which one it would be until it was revealed, but as soon as the author said Marie's baby had been adopted I knew that would be plot point.

I didn't find the search about the stocks as interesting as the one about the letters from the previous book. I'm also confused since Susan was supposed to be such a good friend of Annie's that she's not mentioned at all in this book nor is her husband Tom who was the "other handyman" in town. Wally has a new helper in this book. ( )