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August is smack in the middle of the "dog days of summer." Dog days are for lazing around, taking it easy, sipping lemonade and taking naps. Sounds heavenly, doesn't it? But if all this inactivity is a little too low-key for you, how about expending minimal energy to plan your creative time for next month. Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas are right around the corner and now's the time to decide what projects you want to complete to celebrate those happy times. The Autumn, Halloween, and Christmas Cross Word Quilt patterns and the Harvest Quadrille quilt pattern all make seasonal wall hangings that can be the focus of your holiday decor. They make wonderful gifts for yourself or someone else and you can choose fabrics to fit your home's color scheme perfectly. If the "dog days" of August have you suffering from ice cream "brain freeze," then maybe you'd rather just shop and click. Visit the Sticks and Broomstraws Gallery and purchase a completed art quilt, ready to hang. Either way you'll end up with art that beautifies your surroundings and gives you joy.
Sew and celebrate-- Mary Ann

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	Harvest Quadrille Quadrille, a forerunner of square dancing, is the perfect description for this pattern of squares decorated with the dancing symbols of harvest season. Black cats, colorful leaves, pumpkins, and hoot owls circle to the rhythm of Autumn. 31 x 31 inches	$10.00
	Doggone! No bones about it, it's a dog's life in detail with pup portraits and words that howl, "Doggone!" 30 1/2 x 30 1/2 inches	$9.00
	Old Glory Red, white and blue are the traditional colors for this quilt pattern's patriotic salute. In primitive style fabrics or contemporary brights, it's fireworks all the way. 30 1/2 x 30 1/2 inches	$9.00
	Baby Is the Stork on the way? Make this quilt for a shower gift or wall hanging for the little one's nursery. 30 1/2 x 30 1/2 inches	$9.00
	But It's A Dry Heat Capture memories of the desert with soutwestern fabrics and rustic trim for this cross word quilt pattern. 30 1/2 x 30 1/2 inches	$9.00
	Corn Flowers If candy corn is your favorite treat, this table runner quilt pattern is the ONE. It has only ONE pattern piece. Now THAT'S a treat! 16 x 41 inches	$9.00
	Kitty-Literate Salute a favorite feline with a purr-fect assortment of cat fabrics and some "hairy" yarn for accent. 30 1/2 x 30 1/2 inches	$9.00
	Halloween Things that go "bump in the night" aren't scary in this cross words quilt featuring fun Halloween novelty fabrics. 30 1/2 x 30 1/2 inches	$9.00
	Autumn You can feel fall in the air when you collect the rich Autumn colors to make this quilt. 30 1/2 x 30 1/2 inches	$9.00
	Christmas Ho-Ho-Ho! Set the stage for yuletide fun with the colors and symbols of the winter holidays in this cross word quilt. 30 1/2 x 30 1/2 inches	$9.00
	Quilting The "tools of the trade" show up in word and fabric in this salute to the art of quilting. 30 1/2 x 30 1/2 inches	$9.00

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Studio Tips

To prepare for machine quilting, paste wax the surface of your sewing table. Apply the wax sparingly and buff it vigorously to make the surface slick for easier sliding of the quilt. Be sure to remove all of the excess wax. Wax can be used on acrylic extension tables that fit around the bed of your machine. The wax will help fill in scratches on the acrylic as well as making it more slippery.

My favorite tool for burying thread tails beneath the surface of a quilt is the Easy-Threading Hand Needle by Dritz. The needle has a slit at the top of the eye where you can snap in the loose thread rather than try to thread it through the eye. If the thread is very short, insert the needle next to the point where the thread comes out of the quilt as if taking a stitch, and push the needle in so that about 1/4 inch of the eye-end of the needle is still exposed. Snap the thread into the eye and pull the needle through to bury the short thread. The needle comes in various sizes so you can use it on thicker threads like those used for couching and twisted threads that come unraveled when you try to get them through the eye of a regular needle.

Keep an emery board by your sewing machine. This little tool is great for filing away the rough edges on spools of thread that seem to always catch the thread as you sew.

Having trouble separating the paper from the back of fusible web? Scratch a line through the paper with a straight pin. Separate the paper at the line and peel it away easily.

Batiks are the perfect fabric choice for raw edge appliqués. Their dense weave inhibits raveling.

Skirt hangers are a great tool for organizing your studio closet. Use them to hold finished and unfinished small projects, small cutting mats and appliqué pressing sheets.