When I was working on my first novel, 'The Quilter's Apprentice,' I knew I wanted to write about friendship, especially women's friendship and how women use friendship to sustain themselves and nurture each other.

This quote refers to the author’s motivation for writing their first novel, “The Quilter’s Apprentice”. The author wanted to explore the subject of friendship, particularly how women use it to support each other and provide emotional sustenance. The author felt that this was an important and worthy topic to write about in the book.