When my husband and I first moved to England in the late 70’s we came directly from Texas where we both grew up. At a luncheon one of the women there commented on a tea cosy. I asked, “What is that?”  My hostess was so shocked. Her mouth literally fell open. She explained that tea cosys keep the tea hot in the tea pot. I tried to explain that in Texas we drink ICED tea. That seemed strange to her. If she lived in Texas, she would understand. You need to remember this is back in the dark ages before the world was united with all kinds of social media. Living in England those first two years I became very familiar with tea cosys and hot tea. Once we moved to New England, I was all too familiar with tea cosys. I decided that Boston needed its own very special tea cosy so I designed and stitched this is in honor of the Boston tea party. My English friend would be so proud of me, or maybe not!