I'm caught up with photo gallery submissions, at least temporarily. I do need to remind everyone of something -- I often receive form submissions but no quilt photos. It's a two-step process, and I can't work with one without the other. I always have so many to do that it's difficult to write everyone individually when that happens. If you do not see your quilt, it means I couldn't match-up a form with a picture.

Hearts and Flowers is a brand new gallery. There are probably older photos that need to be moved into it, but for now, all of these quilts are brand new submissions. All of the following galleries have updates:

Baby Quilts Gallery
T-Shirts Gallery
Rag Quilts Gallery
Cancer Awareness Gallery
String Quilts Gallery
Ugly Quilts Gallery
Circular Themed Quilts
Sampler Quilts Gallery
Patriotic Quilts Gallery
One Patch Quilts
Scrap Quilts
Applique Quilts
Themed & Novelty Quilts
Log Cabin Quilts
Star Quilts
Christmas Quilts
Quilts with a Square Theme

_{Quilt by Kathy Stockbridge}

The new Show & Tell feature is pretty cool. There are four categories so far, with more coming. The most recent, added just yesterday, is a place to submit your fabric postcards. The link in the title leads to the actual submissions, but you'll find a button within each of those pages that takes you to a form you can use to submit your own. I still have to approve them, but it's an easier process than what I use for our galleries (I have been sorting through about 400 photo submissions this morning and plan to work on those over the next several days).

There are just a few postcards so far, so please consider adding yours to the batch. Lots of quilters will be working on cards during the next few weeks -- your photos can help inspire someone who's trying to jump into a new project.

More Show & Tells
First Quilts
Most Memorable Quilting Ah-Ha! Moments
Quilts Made from Swapped Blocks or Block Lotto Wins

You can make this easy pillowcase in no time at all. Its seams are all enclosed, with no ragged edges to fray out in the wash. French seams are used to contain the frays along the side and bottom of the case, and a folded-over cuff does the trick at its opening. The steps to create enclosed seams might seem confusing if you've never used either technique, but the methods truly are simple.

Make a novelty pillowcase for a child or adult, or stitch cases that coordinate with your quilts. Use the pattern to become accustomed to the basic construction method, and check back for a pillowcase with a patchwork cuff.

It's fantastic to see the results when someone takes one of my patterns and makes it her own. Like this little quilt from Beverly. The original is designed on-point, with partial Courthouse Steps blocks used as setting triangles. Beverly straight-set her quilt blocks, which completely eliminated the need for pieced triangles. Her color value placement is just right -- it makes some pitcher blocks appear to be on-point and gives visual movement to the pitchers in general, because they no longer appear to be in a straight-as-a-string line. And notice how the dark Courthouse Steps logs form Ohio-like stars across the surface of the quilt. Great job, Beverly!

This little quilt pattern has been popular. Take a look at the original pattern (and a larger photo of Beverly's version). Can you see more ways to alter the design?

_{Quilt by Beverly Long}