Inside the flap on the right (fabric folded over) there are French seams. The “body” on the left with the two seams, should be inside the case. Turning the flap inside out, didn’t help. I’m going to rip out all of the seams, double fold the seams and hope it works. Guess no one’s getting homemade gifts this year. Thanks for your help. Susan

Did you french seam the two flaps one at a time? They should be treated as one piece when constructing, meaning you lay them out, overlapping them, and then begin your french seaming process. Grab your seam ripper and have a Froggie session (rip-it! rip-it!). Press everything flat, and try again. Found a picture tutorial that might help explain things a little bit better: https://www.seasonedhomemaker.com/the-absolute-beginners-tutorial-on-how/

Hang in there and keep stitching! :)

LarrI- Thanks so much for taking the time to respond to my plea. I had ”pinned” that tutorial but panicked when Insaw the words ”weft” and “warp”. Once again, I started another pillow. This time I thought it was coming along fine. Silly me. I had sewn the wrong sides together. Decided to remove the seams and try again. The instructions had said to have a stitch length of 2.5 mm. I started with that but while I was sewing, it reverted back to 2 mm. This meant I had a very hard time removing stitches because of their small size. I looked down and I had made a hole in the fabric with the seam ripper.

Last night my husband came up with ways to fix all three pillows. They’ll have to do.

I’m taking a day off from sewing and maybe tomorrow will be better.

Thanks again- Susan

You can do this! Post pics of your finished cases. I have made them, but never with French seams.

Doing them would probably have confused me greatly!

Hey, Susan!

I'm glad you got back in the sewing room and tried again. We're here to help and encourage one another, so keep stitching. I'd love to have perfect little stitches, and perfect projects each and every time; however, the truth of it is I probably never will. I get as close as I can, and just try to enjoy the new learning experience, and most especially the time I get to indulge in my hobby. Hang in there! Your projects will improve as you master new skills.

PS...My motto is 'Sometimes Good is Good Enough!'

Happy Sewing!

I now have a collection of three failed pillow covers. I am soon going to be adding a fourth attempt to my collection. I decided to forget French seams. Instead of using a 10 minute tutorial, I’ll try the 5 minute one. What a joke. It took me over an hour to square the fabric. I took 18 minutes to sew the first two seams. I folded the two short sides towards the middle. I measured the folded pieces and they measure 20” x 18”. There is a three inch overlap. I wrote to my sisters and they couldn’t figure out how to fix it.

https://amp.apartmenttherapy.com/how-to-make-an-easy-pillow-cov-108230

If anyone can help me make this work, I’d appreciate your suggestions. I’m sorry about continuing to bother you. Thanks- Susan

I think I figured out one of my mistakes. This is just pinned. I think if I make the length a bit more narrow, the pillow will fill out the corners. So, I figure another 3 hours to complete two seams...

Seems as though you've solved your problem, though I'm so sorry you've had such an issue with these pillows. Please don't let it turn you off sewing! Try, try again. Hang in there!

Thanks for all of the encouraging words. I didn’t have enough fabric so I tried piecing a pillow cover. Ta Da!

Fabulous! You are a true sewist...you got creative and made it work. Brava!

I don’t know who told me this trick, but as to your corners being “too sharp” try this trick.

Just before sewing into the corner curve in a bit. Do that on both sides of each corner and you will be surprised how much nicer your corners look. Hope this helps.