This sweet book is about a congregation of the Anabaptist faith. I know Baptist but I am not familiar with Anabaptist. The cover and the idea of a group quilt drew me in. What I found inside the covers is a sweet, meaningful book about coming together to celebrate and represent your faith in stitches. The memory quilt represents both the past, present and future of the church. The church diversity included members who journeyed from other countries to the US and found a loving church family. Both young and old contributed squares to the church quilt.

This is a lovely story with adorable illustrations to match. Now I want my church family to make a quilt.

For the most part, I liked this book. However, I do have two critiques. But first, I'll start with what worked for me:
1. The emphasis on community. Community is such an important thing to have and be a part of, and this book definitely recognizes that. Additionally, because of that, young readers will definitely be inspired to contribute to their own communities, allowing this book to have a lasting impact and relevance long past the last page.
2. The creativity of the main character. I thought it was quite smart and interesting to make the main character think about the future of her community. This (subtly) illustrates to young readers that they are capable of making change and they will help shape the future of the world.

Now for what wasn't so great:
1. The illustrations. My take on the illustrations of this book are purely opinion, I want to make that clear. I like making illustrations have a youthful touch or tone to them, but this book took that too far. Pictures looked messy and unfinished, sometimes chaotic or scattered.
2. I am unsure if this is completely true, but I feel like quilt making has gone a bit out of style. Unless it's demonstrated from family members to little ones early on, I don't think that quilt making appeals to kids. Sure, there might be some instances where kids love it. Although, I personally believe that it isn't very popular or relevant anymore and therefore this book won't be interesting to as big of an audience.

The story was a bit disjointed. I felt that it needed a better introduction to what a quilting bee was. For a children's book, there were too many different characters without significant development.

The illustrations were spectacular!

NetGalley provided me with a free copy of Stitched Together in exchange for a review.

This book was so sweet. I would certainly recommend this to young readers or parents with young readers. The Christian messages show clearly in the story and the colorful images will surely draw in little readers. I thought they were stunning. This story can show little ones how to use their creativity and kindness for the glory of God.

I'm actually not all that familiar with the Anabaptist faith, but the cover for Stitched Together was so cute that I had to check it out. What a sweet, meaningful book about coming together to celebrate and represent your faith. I especially love how the main character finds a way to appreciate both the past and future of her church.

This is a lovely story with adorable illustrations to match.

Thank you to NetGalley and the author for providing me with a free eARC in exchange for an honest review.