whitepine

Love it, Thimblebug. True spirit of the old days quilting.

QultingaddictUK

I love your quilt Thimbles and it's name, how lovely to be able to incorporate such memories into it

Windblown

I just love your quilt and the great ideas that you used, they always mean more when we put ourselves into them.
Lovely name.

joe'smom

Such a pretty quilt, thimblebug! Thanks for posting photos!

sewbizgirl

Great colors, Thimblebug. How cool that the dress lives again in a new incarnation!

CindyA

Thimblebug, that is perfect! You need to print out that picture of you in the dress (onto fabric) and incorporate it into the label!!

QultingaddictUK

What a super idea!

costumegirl

I agree that would be a fun touch!

joe'smom

For a big quilt like this, I would guess in the 6" to 8" range. I would try mock-ups with various widths to see what proportion looks good to you.

Lafpeaches

I ended up hating my finished mystery quilt top.I love the colors but think it's messy looking. My husband compliments me on every thing I make until this one. He said it would look good from a distance if hanging on a wall so the pattern could be seen better. I'm quilting it now then am giving to a neice downstate but I feel guilty about it cause she is so sweet and won't say anything bad about it. I wouldn't take the time to even quilt it but had told my sister I was giving it to her daughter. I recently talked with LQS owner who said that she made the units but didn't like the final block so is not going to finish it but may change her mind later. I think I may have liked it if I used black sashings instead of the pieced ones. I saw one done like this and liked it but was too late to do mine that way.