After we had a very fun and successful first round of our paper piecing Wombat Stew bee, we decided to expand our group a little more and welcomed Midge and Gina. Last year, Gina took it upon herself to make each of us a special birthday present, and I was also the lucky recipient of her Secret Santa present! Not to mention her very generous scraps and pieces of fabric that we send with each block we make. So I have been very blessed by Gina and her beautiful sewing! And when I was randomly assigned her for our birthday swap this year, I knew I had to really pack that parcel full of specialness!
Fortunately, her colours are very similar to some of my favourites too – aqua, coral, pink, golden sunshine yellow… So when I was making up some test blocks for my Aurora BOM, I decided to multi-task and choose “her colours”. As you already know, one was turned into a cushion cover. I also added some strawberry-themed stationery (a favourite ‘thing’ of her’s) and some other special fabric I knew she would appreciate.
So a very happy birthday, beautiful Gina!! I hope you have a wonderful day!!
DeborahGun says
its beautiful Alyce 🙂
Alyce says
Thanks Deborah 🙂 It’s always fun to play with such beautiful fabrics!
Kathy E. says
Gina is a lucky girl!
Not only are your color choices lovely, but the quilting really makes this piece outstanding!
Alyce says
Thanks Kathy, it was so much fun to play! Quilting a cushion is so much easier than a quilt, haha!
Amy mayen says
Omg I love Gina so much. She is absolutely precious- I didn’t even realize it was her birthday!!!!
Alyce says
She is such a beautiful lady, hey?! It was an honour to sew for her!
Susie says
I am a big Gina fan, too!!This is just perfect for Gina! Such gorgeous fabrics and quilting in your pillow !!
Alyce says
It was so much fun being able to know just what to pull for her!
gina says
You certainly did pack the package full of specialness!! I love all of it more than words can express. The cushion looks gorgeous on my couch and you included some of the cutest strawberries i have ever seen!!!! Thank you so much Alyce!!!!!
Alyce says
My absolute pleasure, Gina!! You absolutely deserved every last strawberry 😉
Angie @ GnomeAngel.com says
What a beautiful present. It’s so wonderful when you make amazing friends through quilting. Life is just wonderful like that.