Customer Reviews

Thimbleberries Cottage Comfort (Thimbleberries Classic Country)

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Just because the title of a book has the word "Cottage" in it, does not mean it is a book about Cottage Design. Who the author is, has a great deal of bearing on what you will find inside the pages of said book. Any one who would pick up a book by Lynette Jensen would realize she is a quilter and "Designer" of quilts. Ms.Jensen is a very well known and talented designer. If "Cottage" design isn't your style...then neither is this book. I happen to love her work, the book is a pleasure to look at, to gather ideas or improvise your own from hers. I enjoy looking at it over and over.

Lynette Jensen has given us an information packed,beautiful book here. She has lovingly decorated her newly married daughter's starter home in tipical Lynette style.There are how to's for a lovely Bridal Shower,a Garden Party,Fourth of July picnic and much more! There are vintage postcards to copy, great decoupage ideas and many wonderful recipes,gifts,not to mention lovely quilts (including a fabulous yo-yo quilt!) I don't see how you could expect any more from a book. It's just wonderful!
Can you tell I love this book?

Lynette Jensen is very well known by those who quilt. Her books contain mainly quilting patterns or ideas for decorating and entertaining with quilts and accessories. For those of you who quilt this book will not be a dissappointment. It delivers all of the great quilting patterns, tips and hints that her books are so well known for. This is a great book for a quilter.

This book is filled with nice photos, and a bunch of fluff. It's lacking in actual decorating content. The crafts are nice, but WAAAAY too cutesy. It's more of a "look at this pretty book" type of book than a hard-working down-and-dirty decorating book.

Lynette Jensen generally has nice crafts, but this is a craft book masquarading as a decorating book.

This book would make a lovely coffeetable book. If you are looking for a book about quilting then this is not for you. I found this book to mostly showcase what the author's accomplishments rather than teach others. I love Jensen's quilts but feel like I've been cheated with this book.

I thought I was getting a decorating book, but this turned out to have lots of ditsy crafty projects. (And I am not a crafter.) If you want cottage-style decorating, don't buy this book.

This book helped me pass the hours on a long trip in the motor home, but frustrated me when I couldn't find a fabric store in many of the towns we passed through. This would also make a great gift for a fellow quilter this holiday season.

This book would make a lovely coffeetable book. If you are looking for a book about quilting then this is not for you. I found this book to mostly showcase what the author's accomplishments rather than teach others. I was so VERY disappointed that there were not very many quilts in this book. It was a fluffy book about her home, etc. I love Jensen's quilts but feel like I've been cheated with this book.

I own many of Thimbleberry quilt books,however this one is the biggest disappointment. There are very few quilt patterns and most are repeats of her patterns from other formates.

There are many thimbleberry quilt books that are much better. Save your money on this one.

If you have to have one, send me the cost of postage and I will mail you mine.

A LONG TIME QUILTER

Gives cottage style a bad name. Not good decorating. Very cutesy. Junky. Dated. Busy. Sorry I bought it. Settings look more like bad crafts shops than the kinds of home I'd want to live in. I read after I got this that this person is not a designer but a crafter, which explains why this is so junky.