She Loved It!

 We celebrated Elizabeth's birthday

We went out for sushi and let me tell you, the owner of the restaurant pulled out ALL of the stops!  In addition to what we ordered, he brought out a huge piece of salmon, special sushi that were not on the menu, soups, drinks, and finally green tea ice cream.  It just kept coming.  What a meal!! And she loved and ate everything.  Even the sea urchin.  And eel.

After the cake, which none of us could eat because our tummies were absolutely stuffed it was time for her quilt.

She loved it!  We looked at each block and it's significance to her life

Here's a better photo in daylight.  Each square is about her and the year I spent working on this meant a year of really thinking about her.  I am really happy with how it turned out.  

She brought home a piece of this fabric from Williamsburg and asked if I could fit a piece of it into the quilt.  I did use it as the background on her initial square and fussy cut a few flowers but still had a good piece of it.  I decided a pillowcase.  But in the measuring there was really only enough for half of a pillowcase. I decided to try something I've never done with pillowcases before.

I made it reversible.  This fabric, too, came from Williamsburg but was one I purchased.  It worked great to make a two-sided pillowcase and it solves a problem for future ones!

So, after months of waiting to see it, it's done and gifted and it worked!