December 11, 2010

Special Gift

I celebrated (?) a birthday recently, and my sweet friend, Mary, sent me this amazing quilt.


You probably can't tell from the picture above how small this quilt is, so here's a picture on my cutting mat.


I'm a really big fan of Mary's work.  Look how tiny the pieces are!
And her quilting, as always, is so perfect.


Thank you so much, Mary!  It's such a treasure, and so is your friendship!

Another blogmate quilted a special gift for my birthday, but I'm going to share that one with
you later.  It matches something else I'll be showing you. 

Hope you have a great weekend!

Kim

43 comments:

  1. I hope you had a wonderful birthday! What a lovely gift from Mary. She is such an amazing quilter. Thanks for sharing!

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  2. Happy Belated Birthday, Kim! What a gorgeous little gift and the quilting is really fantastic. I love your holiday blog banner.

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  3. HOw fun.....and Happy Birthday!! From the looks of it, you had a very fun one!!

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  4. What a beautiful quilt. Hope you had a very Happy Birthday!

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  5. Special friend you are indeed! Enjoy.

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  6. Happy birthday! What a wonderful, wonderful gift!

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  7. What a special person you are to have such special friends!! Beautiful!!

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  8. Happy Birthday! That's a beautiful present Mary sent you! Love your new header too! Merry Christmas! :0)

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  9. Happy Birthday. What a fabulous gift from Mary! It's gorgeous!

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  10. Kim happy belated birthday! Wonderful gift, love stars and the quilting is beautiful.

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  11. It's awesome!! Can't wait to see it up close. Want to have show and tell?? :) Love the banner!!!

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  12. The quilting on this caught my eye right away. It certainly gives the quilt an added punch.

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  13. What a stunning quilt!! Mary did an incredible job!! Hope you had a great birthday!!
    Paulette

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  14. Beautiful quilt! Yes, Mary does amazing quilting. Happy Birthday.

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  15. I should have mentioned in my last note, I love love love your header with the quilt picture and kitty ornaments. Cute as heck!

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  16. It's beautiful! Happy Birthday!

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  17. Love the vintage look of this sweet star quilt! Happy b-day!

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  18. Ah, that Mary, she's always making our special days all that much better with her special quilty gifts. Happy birthday, Kim, no doubt you are enjoying this special birthday quilt! :-D

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  19. Your banner is super cute! :-)

    That quilt from Mary is beautiful - wonderful gift for a special person.

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  20. Happy belated birthday! Mary was showing peeks of what she was working on~ lucky you to be the recipient! Have a happy weekend!

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  21. #1 - Happy belated birthday.
    #2 -- Your header is drop dead gorgeous! Love it!
    #3 --- Such a sweet gift from Mary. I saw little teases of it from her but didn't know where it was going. You're a lucky lady.

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  22. It's beautiful. What a great friend! :)

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  23. What a wonderful gift. Mary really is so talented, that's a beautiful little quilt. I love your Christmas banner too.

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  24. That's a beautiful little quilt! Fab quilting too! I can't wait to see what else you received! Bleated Happy Birthday!

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  25. Mary is so generous! What a sweet quilt.
    Happy belated birthday!

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  26. Happy birthday! That quilt is just adorable. Mary is such a generous friend!

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  27. Happy Birthday! Love the mini stars!! lucky you! ;-)

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  28. Happy birthday. What a nice gesture on your friend's part! I can see why you admire her work. It's beautiful!

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  29. What a beautiful quilt! Happy belated birthday!

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  30. A special gift, a special friend... it must have made it a very special birthday! Happy birthday wishes to you Kim!

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  31. Kim enjoy your beautiful quilt made and quilted by Mary. Blogging friends are the best!

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  32. Happy Belated Birthday. That Mary knows how to surprise people. A lovely gift indeed.

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  33. mary's work is always stunning. happy late birthday!

    hope you're ready for the holiday! :)

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  34. Happy belated birthday! I hope you had a wonderful day. You were certainly off to a great start with that adorable little star quilt. It's beautiful.

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  35. The best gift for a quilter is a finished little quilt.

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  37. Happy Birthday and Merry Christmas! What a wonderful time of the year.

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  38. I don't know when you changed your header, but I just now noticed it and it is so cute!

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  39. SUCH AN ATTRACTIVE QUILT GIFT FROM YOUR FRIEND!
    BELATED HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!
    I RECEIVED YOUR BOOK FOR CHRISTMAS-SO THRILLED WITH IT=THANKS FOR PRINTING IT!

    jldouglas@wispwest.net

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  40. this is a beautiful little quilt.........

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  41. What a great friend Mary is. I love that quilt!

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  42. Miss you! Hope you're okay.

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