You're Going to Get Very Sick of our Faces

We went to the Netherlands and it was amazing.  But I must admit that it was long, long ago now, so I'm just going to show a few (thousand) highlights.  Mostly just our cute faces enjoying Dutch things.

First, the best part of our trip was the museums. We saw so many amazing collections and objects.

And we also goofed around some.

Seriously, though, the Rijksmuseum had a room full of model ships and Eddy just.

We also made a special pilgrimage to the Van Gogh Museum to see this painting that grade school Eddy copied in pencil as a child.

It is displayed proudly in our home always.

Okay. So other than museums. Windmills. Obviously.

We also went to the beach! It was lovely.

But the zaniest and most amazing thing I did was tour a stroopwafel factory in Gouda. Ask me about it sometime. The story is long and amazing and ends with stroopwafels.

Eddy and I also took some very compelling boat rides (because canals, you see.)

There were some beautiful bridges with charmingly low clearance.  Seriously, the captain asked us to duck many times.

We took pictures on the various boats.

But mostly there was just a whole lotta this kind of thing.

Which led to a little of this.

Also this.

Look. We went to the Netherlands and it was amazing. That's all she wrote!

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So Mote it Be

I made a couple of quilts as gifts over the past few months and I want to catch you up.  So mote it be.

One was for our dear friends Emily and Neal, who recently got married!  They are involved in cat rescue, so this pattern was a pretty easy pick.  It was super fun to see all the different cats I could make.

Then I added a cat border. So mote it be.

And I quilted their names and wedding date in the borders. Then I boxed it up and sent it on its merry way! Just look at those cute little mice on the backing fabric.

Congratulations Emily and Neal!

In other news, our friend and realtor Clarity took amazing care of us when we bought and sold our house and we were no treat. Trust me. We were a pain. So I wanted to make a special thank you quilt for her.

I started by free motion quilting some metallic gold thread on a black background.

I added some appliqué

and I backed it with the reverse of an orange fabric from my stash.

And here it is!

We are now caught up on quilt projects. So mote it be.

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