Thimbleberries Christmas Cottage: Country-Cottage Style Decorating, Entertaining, Collecting, and Quilting Inspirations for Creating Your Dream [Hardcover]

Lynette Jensen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2001

In a charming guest cottage that reflects the joys of Christmas inside and out, Lynette Jensen shares her family recipes and design ideas including luminaries, gift wraps, ornaments, quilts, fabric inspirations, and more. You'll also find dozens of festive decorating and entertaining ideas-including fresh new ways to use greens and naturals indoors and outdoors. Step-by-step how-tos, illlustrations, and patterns provide a hands-on guide for creating a Christmas to remember--in every room of your holiday house!

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Lynette Jensen creates the Christmas home of your dreams for family and friends with the best holiday decorations in a lavishly illustrated book filled with fabulous ideas, inspirations, and projects. Quilts, collectibles, gifts, garlands and greenery, flower arrangements, stenciling, antiques, found objects, table settings, frames and photos, new and heirloom ornaments, and holiday recipes create a home that "hugs you back."

More than 300 full-color photographs and illustrations;
25 quilting and decorative projects;
Fully illustrated instructions with step-by-step how-to and full size patterns;
Fresh fabulous holiday trees for every room;
Special desserts for family entertaining;
A main selection of Crafter's Choice Book Club;
A featured alternate of Country Homes & Gardens Book Club.

About the Author

Leading designer and teacher Lynette Jensen is the author of best-selling quilting and lifestyle decorating books which have sold more than 600,000 copies. Her twenty-two Thimbleberries fabric and quilting books have won her a devoted following among quilters worldwide. Lynette is regularly featured in leading quilting publications as well as on television quilting programs.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: Landauer Corporation (September 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1890621250
• ISBN-13: 978-1890621254
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #779,487 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Crocodile tears from a Thimbleberries Fan, September 23, 2002

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This review is from: Thimbleberries Christmas Cottage: Country-Cottage Style Decorating, Entertaining, Collecting, and Quilting Inspirations for Creating Your Dream (Hardcover)

Why the tears? Cuz I'm used to the quality of the Thimbleberries books and this one fell so far short. If you are looking for a quilting book don't get this. It has pretty pictures, a few projects (though they are the same as in her other "real" books). This would be strictly for the person interested in decorating or a pretty coffee table book. I was hesitant to buy it because the book plainly states decorating, collecting and inspiration...well I was right. I will be returning this book and I have never done that before. So that should give you some indication of just how bad it is. For decorating it is way too cutesy and it's very thin on quilting and projects. Only good for the pretty pictures. Before spending money on this get it from your local library to make sure you are happy with it.

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars More Great Decorating, Thimbleberries Style, December 31, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Thimbleberries Christmas Cottage: Country-Cottage Style Decorating, Entertaining, Collecting, and Quilting Inspirations for Creating Your Dream (Hardcover)

If you love Christmas, and you love the Thimbleberries "look", you would do well to add this book to your collection. It has a wide variety of decorating ideas, as well as great projects, all done in the simple, staightforward style that Lynette Jensen is known for. This book is a good buy, even if you just get it for the pictures, which are spectacular. I spent days just browsing through it and enjoying it. I'm sure you will, too.