August Door Banner

 

I love all these door banners, especially the ones I ended up designing myself. But even art you love can be hard to live with on a daily basis. Case in point: the June door banner has three yellow sawtooth stars that shine like the sun. It has six popsicles in pink, yellow and teal, and three ice cream cones. I enjoyed the bright colors and the fun shapes while I was piecing and binding it, but once it was on the wall, it began to taunt me. Every time I passed it, I found myself craving a cool treat: a cup of homemade lemon sorbet, frozen strawberry yogurt on a stick, or Baskin Robbin’s daiquiri ice in a waffle cone. It got so distracting, I ended up taking the June quilt down and replacing it with July a week early. Now August is on the wall, it’s already whispering, “Some watermelon would really hit the spot!”