ABOUT:
Cloud Nine - Quilt Originals
by Jan Thompson
Cloud Nine is a new business built around a few really great quilts. The ones Jan Thompson makes each year. She uses the very best materials, her sewing machines and long-arm quilting machine, and a lifetime of experience to produce quilts that are...well, pretty spectacular. She has one helper. He writes and updates this website, answers mail, and pretty much whatever else she asks of him. He's a pretty nice guy and also her husband of thirty-something years. It's a good thing he retired a few years ago because it was about time he put his engineering degree to work.
When Jan and Scott recently took early retirement, they began to explore new ways to utilize their artistic interests. Jan's career in interior design certainly had a strong artistic element but she kept feeling a different kind of influence; a tug reaching back to her mother, grandmother, and own lifelong involvement with needle, thread, and cloth. A longtime seamstress, Jan has had the best in the various types of sewing machines but she only recently became the owner of a bona fide quilting machine. It's a long arm quilting machine and it's big (over 12ft.long), but it gives her the capability to expand her world of fabric art in ways of which she had only dreamed. Most of the items produced so far have been smaller quilts for babies and toddlers as seen on this website. But she has made some beautiful larger art quilts and has lots of ideas for others. Those will appear on this site as they are available.
As for the business objectives for Cloud Nine, they are straight forward. Produce very limited quantities of quilt originals at the highest level of artistic design and craftsmanship and sell them to people who appreciate their unique qualities. This website has been initiated to introduce Jan's creations to those looking for a truly exceptional quilt. We hope you have found something here that becomes special to you.