A woman having second thoughts about her impending marriage spends the summer with her grandmother. She meets a gathering of women who lovingly make her a wedding quilt, and share their experiences of life and love. An encounter with a local man also makes her wonder if she is ready to settle down yet. Drama, starring Winona Ryder, Anne Bancroft, Ellen Burstyn, Alfre Woodard and Dermot Mulroney.

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.