I'm reading Victoria Houston's series set in Loon Lake, Wisconsin.
http://www.victoriahouston.com
A very enjoyable cozy (although it has neither quilts nor cats). it had me pleasantly drifting toward sleep when .....wham! one simple word sparked so many warm memories of a grandmother with a German heritage.
dumhof!
It's German for "stupid" -- never used to describe another, but rather in the "I am/was a dumhof" when I did that.
oh, compensating for the lack of cats & quilts, one of the main characters is a female Chief of Police.