Eula prepares for guests in her new home; Emmeline hatches a plan to revive her quilting column; Dorothy is dragged to the first meeting of the bee, but isn’t convinced she’ll be warmly received.

Eula, forced off the family farm by hard times, ventures into the imposing Milton Falls Library to post a notice; Bess, a widow of one year, joins the town's newest quilting circle to avoid altar guild duty; 27-year-old Florence takes a step to escape her life as a bored socialite.