It's been a couple of months now since Mum finished her first ever quilt. In all honesty, she did the actual hand quilting, while I did all the cutting and construction. Still, she spent ages lovingly quilting words about love and family in both English and Burmese, and finally gave it to the Burmese family she has been working with (she tutors the mother in English through AMES - a great program if anyone is interested)
I did this cross stitch for Mum's birthday a couple of years ago, and we finally got around to getting it framed. It's the first time I've had a piece professionally framed - I have framed a few myself - but it certainly won't be the last. I was so pleased with the help we got choosing the matting and frame, with the finished product, and so happy to finally have it on the wall instead of hidden away.
Mum and Andrew put in a request for peanut butter cookies, and other than refusing to actually put peanut butter on the shopping list, I didn't have the heart to refuse. They enjoyed them, at least! I have also made yet another batch of chocolate chip cookies - always my fallback - and a batch of Anzacs, though I wasn't entirely happy with those. I can never remember which recipe is the good one.
