Thank you, thank you

Just before Christmas I found out that I had been lucky enough to win a giveaway offered by Alison of Little Island Quilting, which is one of my favourite blogs.  Since I love everything she makes, and the prize was a specially made cushion cover, I was very happy!

My cushion cover arrived at the weekend.  It is absolutely gorgeous and I have been waiting for the opportunity to photograph it as the weather has been awful and I worried that a sad grey flash photograph would not do it justice.  Well it's still wet and grey here, but since you can see some nice photos of it on Alison's blog I thought I'd do my best, so here it is enjoying the lavender in my garden:

It has beautiful raw edge applique:

and awesome quilting:

Here is a detail showing the cornerstones, the petals round the edge, and the binding:

The back is beautiful too, with a concealed zip:

The colours are vibrant and cheerful and fit beautifully in the room where this cushion will have pride of place.  (Yes, there is a small child hiding under that quilt.)  I'm so lucky!

I have another thank you and an introduction to make.  You might know Deborah and her beautiful creations through Flickr.  She very kindly road tested my Komebukuro bag instructions (Parts 1 and 2) and sent really helpful suggestions to make the instructions clearer which I will incorporate into the posts.  She made a fantastic Komebukuro bag which you can see in her Flickr stream - and in her NEW BLOG!