Update: Homemade Pillowcases

I know it's only been, what, a week since my pillowcase post, but I have an update.  First of all - I realized I did my french seam wrong.  I watched the tutorial, but not all the way to the end.  I saw her put the fabric right sides together ... and those of you that have made french seams probably already know what I did wrong.  The exterior of the case had a 5/8" wide strip that should have been on the inside of the pillowcase!  So, to anyone doing a french seam for the first time, start with wrong sides together, sew a 1/4" seam, turn inside out so right sides are together, press and then stitch a 1/2" - 5/8" seam.  Turn inside out again and you will have hidden seams.

Next... this sausage roll method has a really nice accent strip between the pillowcase body and cuff.  I discovered upon washing that this accent piece can fold over on itself, and you don't want to donate a pillowcase to a foster child or senior citizen that they will have to press after washing.  I'd recommend running a top stitch over the bottom end of the accent piece so it stays flat.

I made another pillowcase out of some scrap fabric, and because of that first failed french seam, I just overcasted the seam on this one.  It worked so well, I took out the french seam on the first and did an overcasting stitch on the first pillowcase.