I was on the receiving end of a cancer cuddle quilt from Bonnie Hunter's on-line mystery quilt group, totally knocked my socks off with surprise. They have done several others and always use this heart pattern which is sewn in two half units, but choose different colorways. One was batiks, one was pastels, etc. So as a suggestion, hearts are always good
I have pink ribbon pins on all my sweaters, I blinged 'em up with rhinestones though.
And I'm looking for a Singer 91 clone in pink.
Wouldn't have been caught dead in pink before. I'll probably grow out of it, but for now I find the ribbons comforting.