NY Beauty Pillow finished!

I finally finished the pillow! Yay me for actually finishing a project - something I always have issues with as my crafting friends will attest to. I learned a lot about paper piecing with this and also realized I have a bad habit of not reading the instructions all the way through before starting a new project. I used the Block 8 template and I like the way it looked, but all the fabric junctions were a pain to sew a curve with. I would like to try all the blocks but reorient them and do something awesome like what karibou13 did. I ended up quilting a square type thing in the middle and then followed the edge of the circle on the outer edges, which I really liked. Also, the first time I did piping on a project. I used this tutorial from Sew Mama Sew! and really liked it. Anyhow here are a few pictures. Sorry the pillow form was a little small so it doesn't puff out quite right.

Also in news - I started my blocks for my first bee swap and thought I was doing grand when I realized I was 0.5 inches short... BLARGH!!!! I could have sworn I did my math right but alas back to the drawing board.

Happy sewing!
-k