Paper piecing & pillowcases

Today is most likely to be a non-sewing day as my sister-in-law is coming and we plan to work on updating some genealogy info.  

The third block for the paper-pieced BOM is finished.  This one was tricky for me because there were a LOT of points to match.  Some are perfect. Some are not.  But overall I'm happy with it.  When I was in Rapid City a week ago I spent Saturday with an old friend, also a quilter.  She really loves paper piecing so I showed her this BOM on Facebook and she joined right in.  It will be lots more fun to work on these together - online - each month.  This is a 12 month BOM, with just 1 block per month.

I can check off one project from my September list already.  Since I had this set of pillowcases all cut and ready to sew, it was a quick finish.  They are now with the quilt and ready to be gifted to my grand-niece. 

Tomorrow the 4th clue (of 9) will be released for the Tranquility mystery quilt at Bear Creek Quilting.  They email the clue to participants during the first week each month.  We've made 24 blocks (12" finished) so far and have a lot of clues remaining, so it will be a BIG quilt.  The Saturday Sampler program this year is going to be a really big quilt too.  The next monthly blocks for that one is still a whole week away yet.  I've had no trouble keeping up with all 3 BOMs up to this point.