Chapter 11 Summary

Chapter 11 - When Queenie arrives at the next club meeting at Mrs. Judd's, she is surprised to see Rita there. Rita herself is uncomfortable and uneasy, and Queenie notices that all her fingernails have been chewed to the quick. She tells Rita what the Massies told her about the man at the campfire who she believes to be Skillet, but Rita tells her that while Skillet may have helped dispose of the body, he didn't kill Ben Crook. She suggests there was a "conspiracy" at work, but before she can explain, Mrs. Judd interrupts and tells them to start quilting.

As the women chat over the quilt, conversation reveals that the "Celebrity Quilt" has been finished, and that Ella's maiden name was Eagles. Queenie reveals that the Massies have left, Zepha leaving behind her "Road to California" quilt. At that moment, Prosper Judd...