picking up the boy child (lots of pics)

First, here are my Tula blocks for the week.

Nine more blocks to go!

Here is my fussy cut star for the week, using Autumn Harvest by Jason Yenter.

I also got Annabella's Cowl off the needles -- just need to weave in the ends.

Annabella's Cowl from a kit from Churchmouse Yarns and Teas

I finally started stitching a bit again.  Here's a peek of the stitching I did on the Jenny Bean Sampler from Scarlet Letter.

And I also started the Shepherd's Fold piece from Shepherd's Bush.

This past weekend it was time to go to Boston to pick up the boy child from college again.  This time we met him at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.

We went to the Museum to see a lovely quilt exhibit from the collection of Pilgrim Roy.

I took tons of quilt pictures, but here are the featured quilts shown on various posters around the museum.

And just one of my many favorites.  Amish quilts always have a soft spot in my heart.

We also got to see an Impressionist exhibit, which was wonderful.  Here's my favorite of the exhibit.  A Degas ballerina in bronze with gauze.

When we got home from Boston, I found a surprise waiting for me from my sweet girl child for Mother's Day.

And here's what was inside -- 3 pieces of Liberty Tana Lawn!  How did she know?!

Aren't they gorgeous?  My girl child is so sweet and thoughtful.

Mia was happy to have us home again.

Hope all who celebrated Mother's Day yesterday had a good one!  Thanks as always for stopping by and saying hi.  Have a great week!

Doing some math....

No stitching this week.  I spent the days in my sewing room working on a quilt.  It was finished by the end of the week.

Pluses Quilt from Love Patchwork and Quilting Magazine premiere issue
using Dowry by Anna Maria Horner,  Le Creme Swiss Dots by Riley Blake,
and various low volume prints from Westwood Acres shop

Here are some of the blocks before being sewn together.

I also worked a bit on my Annabella's Cowl.  It's getting longer, slowly but surely.

Annabella's Cowl by Churchmouse Yarns

Mia was all excited by the packaging that came in a box in the mail.  She played with the paper and hid in it too.

Thanks for stopping by and saying hi.  I hope everyone has a great week!  

A lovely time was had by all

Here are some random pictures of my EF 1864 Sampler as I was stitching on it this week.

Such pretty flowers!

I also started another knitting project, Annabella's Cowl by Churchmouse Yarns, using Blue Sky Alpaca Silk and Rowan Kidsilk Haze.

We had the kids home for Thanksgiving.  Hooray!  The boy child got picked up at the train station Tuesday afternoon.  It was so good to see him and hug him!

The girl child drove home on Thanksgiving Day.  Everyone pitched in to help with the cooking, but the father type was the main cook as he always is for the holidays.

Here's the father type carving the turkey.  (please ignore the mess in the background.)  

Here is a selfie that the father type took of the family.

And here is the girl child's selfie of us.

But of course, everyone had to go home eventually.  The girl child drove off Saturday night, ready to enjoy some tango in the city.  And we took the boy child to the train on Sunday afternoon.

So sad.

Mia was showing her displeasure at being abandoned by the boy child all the time he was home.  But she slept with him every night, and she grudgingly let him pet her once in a while.

Such a silly cat.

Thanks as always for stopping by and saying hi.  I hope everyone has a great week.  Time to finish off the Christmas shopping.  Yikes!