- HD 1080
- Runtime: 116m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse
- Stars: Winona Ryder, Anne Bancroft, Ellen Burstyn, Kate Nelligan, Jean Simmons
- keywords: marriage proposal, wedding vows, married couple, marriage, monogamy, advice, quilt, love, family holiday, extramarital affair, grandmother, woman director
- Production_studio: Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment
- Slogan: There's beauty in the patterns of life.
- The How to Make an American Quilt is featured in the top rankings of 1995
- #44 in Top Romance Movies of 1995
Soon-to-be-wed graduate student Finn Dodd develops cold feet when she suspects her fiancé is cheating on her. In order to clear her head, Finn visits her grandmother, Hy, and great aunt, Glady Joe Cleary, in Grasse, Calif. There, Finn learns that Hy and Glady Joe are members of a group of passionate quilters, and over the course of her visit she is regaled with tales of love and life by women who have collected rich experiences and much wisdom.