I finished the pillows I was practicing for in March and bestowed them on Raj and Vivek this weekend. The fronts are paper pieced bunnies with patterns from Silver Linings Originals. I'm so happy with how they turned out. I really like the Silver Linings patterns, and the folks who run the store are very nice and helpful. I made their tree frog pattern for a friend's baby quilt last year and it was great too.
I'm working on a super-secret quilted pillow cover present for <redacted>. Having never made a quilted pillow cover before, I decided to do a quick test run before I commit the real blocks. Brian needed a pillow with ties for his footstool so I whipped up a quick block and made it into a pillow cover following an envelope-backed pattern from crazy mom quilts. I just ad-libbed the ties. It worked great! I suspect I'll make quite a few of these because they're quick and fun and don't need binding, my least favorite step.