Finish the French Seams
- Turn the pillowcase so that it is wrong sides out.
- Fold the side seam with your fingers or by pressing with an iron. The pressed-open seam allowance underneath should lie neatly along each side of the fold. (This is easier to do than to describe. Think of it as squishing the first seam evenly between your fingers.)
- Sew another 3/8" seam along the same edge (this time you are working on the wrong side), backstitching at the beginning and end of the seam. The objective here is to encase the raw edges underneath (which were cut back to 1/4") within the new 3/8" seam.
- Remove the pillowcase from the sewing machine. Your new seam should resemble the seam shown in the photo.
- Turn the pillowcase right sides out.
