Featured Quilt and Quilter!!

Linda has trusted the Bears this time with not one, but two, king size quilts.  Both will be delivered to Thimble Pleasures this Friday July 15th.  The first one is a quilt that was made on a retreat.  It's totally gorgeous, with appliqued

baskets stealing the show. There's so much going on here that we felt custom quilting would be completely lost.  Not only that, we felt it would actually take away. So instead, we chose a beautiful feather overall design. Thread choice is critical in that it needs to blend everywhere. All we're shooting for is a whole lotta' texture. Superior Threads Sew Fine #402 came through.

Taken in the Victoria Suite  in the Bed and Breakfast.  This room boasts a king size mahogany sleigh bed and I soooo wish this quilt were mine.  Because it it were, this is where I'd put it!

Yes, it IS ok to quilt right over those appliqued handles!  See what I mean?  Imagine if you quilted those baskets, and then oh so carefully outlined the handles. Waayyy too much.   Click or double click on any image for more detail.

Ding Ding Ding!!! Bonus time!  Linda's got a beautiful second quilt.  Just turn it over!  Johnny was the lead quilter on this quilt and nobody gets a more perfect balance of tension than Johnny.  Seriously, he's taught me all I know about how to acheive perfect tension. (Quilt Judges know it too!)  And something else you might not know about Johnny.  He fell off the roof of the Bed and Breakfast recently, but he's OK.  LUCKY!  Thank goodness the Cartwright House is opening Monday July 18th.  Feet on ground from now on.  I got a pinky promise on that.