Amanda has been back to school for over a week and I honestly don't know where summer went!
She goes to an early morning seminary class before school and has tennis after school so
we are up at 5am, seminary begins at 6am and tennis ends at 5:15pm
No more lazy, hazy, crazy summer days here!
Now we have crazy, hazy, hot school days. Our "feels like" temps are suppose to be over 100
the next few days and the humidity is almost as high. Needless to say my yard doesn't mind the weather and everything is growing, especially after the rain last week.
I had to trim back my fairy garden for the first time last week.
Amanda and I had a lot of fun planting this miniature garden at the beginning of the summer.
We planted it in an old wash tub. I am hoping to find a stand for it so I can
bring it inside over the winter.
Our newest grand babies met for the first time this summer.
I think Cody will definitely watch out for Hazel
as they get older. Such cuties!
This is a quilt that I finished last spring.
My customer was given the quilt top by a friend and asked me to add the borders, quilt and bind it.
The triangles were pieced by hand from what was sure to have been clothing.
I can only imagine the stories the person who pieced this top together
would tell if they had it on their lap.
I am so happy that I could put it all together so it can be used
and treasured for many years to come.
I wanted to share this quilt that I made for a wonderful couple.
Steve and Cindy Clark left their home and family in Utah and spent 3 years serving and leading
300 young missionaries from our church in the
St Louis Missouri area. My husband was asked to work with them
and he loved every minute of it.
I wanted them to have something to remind them of their
time here and some of their favorite things.
Two friends did the machine embroidery for me.
That included the temple and all of the words.
The friend that did the temple also hand embroidered
this block. She really captured their personalities in
these simple stick figures. So cute!
Our young missionaries can be spotted easily in their white shirts and ties.
The missionaries serve 18 or 24 months. President Clark would tell them
that their time in the beginning would go by slowly like water draining from a
bath tub but as their mission would come to an end it would swirl by.
Favorite songs of missionaries.
Who doesn't think of the arch when you say St Louis!
Books to guide them through their mission.
The Clark's loved "their" missionaries and the missionaries knew that.
Corn fields everywhere.
St Louis Cardinals
Cindy loved to talk planes with Richard.
Fitz's Restaurant and Rootbeer
The Butterfly House
Ted Drewe's famous frozen custard.
Another man they worked closely with was a lawyer so this block was for him.
Missouri State Flower
The Missouri St Louis Mission takes in most of Southern Illinois.
Springfield and the Lincoln Museum inspired this block.
The star for the Nauvoo Temple and the rose for
the Missouri Botanical Gardens.
Farms that dot the land.
One awesome couple!
This backing fit Cindy's personality perfectly.
She loved color and had a bubbly, happy attitude that was infectious!
It was such a pleasure to get to know them and to work with them.
I better get to work. Have a wonderful Wednesday!
Jane
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