What is the best part of summertime for you? I look forward to grandkids coming to visit. I enjoy fresh tomatoes, basil and zinnias from our tiny raised garden beds and even some nights at the ball park. But what I wait for every year is to simply walk out the house at 7 am to walk the dog without spending a good ten minutes putting on multiply layers, zipping up parkas and adding thick gloves! Summertime and I just put enough clothes to be modest and I am out the door! I would be curious to learn your little summer pleasures.
Summertime has a special look or color. Red, white and blue for Memorial Day and the Fourth of July. Bright primary colors suggest fireworks. Pastels for all those lovely flowers in you garden. The Quilters at First have some new projects that suggest warm weather and lazy days.
This scrappy masterpiece by Vicki is 60″ x 72″ and features sawtooth stars lighting up a neutral background. Great for the back of your sofa or thrown over the back of a rocking chair on your deck or porch. $225
Hang this on your front door or in a hall way and you are ready for the Fourth of July. Can you tell that this is another Janis creation? The perfect appliquéd letters give it away! It is 15″ x 30″ and for sale for $60.
Do you know someone less than thrilled to have their middle school and high school kids home all summer vacation? Love them dearly, but some teens always find your last nerve on which to step! (Here is a hint, send them to grandma’s for a couple of weeks!) This is a great gift for the younger mothers in your family. Janis did the appliqué–of course. It is 14.5″ x 20″ and only $50.
What can be more Kansan? Windmills, barb wire and sunflowers…Perfect accent piece with which to proclaim your pride in your birth place or adopted home. Measuring 12″ x 28″ , it would fit i on an office wall. Know someone who lives far away and would appreciate a suggestion of summer in Kansas? $40
We planted sunflower seeds this spring, but we will have to wait to late summer to enjoy them. These sunflowers are ready for picking now. The sunflower table runner is 12″ x 42″ and is $40. The pillow measures 18.5″ x 18.5″ and is $30.
I pitted “bushels” of cherries for my Grandma Ella—well, maybe not bushels but lots! But every company meal at her house ended in wonderful cherry crisp for dessert. Now I look forward to fresh cherries from Washington in the summer. This table topper has several cute cherry prints for a summer vibe. The backing could also serve to brighten up your table. 39″ x 39″ and $50.
Happy Summer! Here is to cool morning walks, warm afternoons at the pool, lazy afternoons with a good book, a house full of family or whatever means summer to you!
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