SusieQOH

Your pillow is gorgeous!!!!!!! I need to make one
I also have trouble with corners sometimes. I clip near the seam and use that pointy thing I have (sorry I forgot what it's called!) and that helps.
Beautiful work!!

lindaschipper

Sew Batik sells a pillow corner template for the Dritz Home Company that gives you great slightly reduced corners. For pillows 12 to 20 inches. $6.00

janjanq

Thank you for your suggestions and links. I have bookmarked all of them and will check them out for the next pillow. I have thought about redoing this pillow, but it is a Christmas gift and I don't think I have the time! I also wonder if I should have sandwiched the top and quilted it. Well, next time! Love this board!

sewvicki

If I am using a pillow form, I also stuff some poly fill (sp?) in the corners. This helps to keeps the corners point-y.

Trisher

Why don't we all just decide that pillows are SUPPOSED to have pointy corners!

Beautiful by the way!

sewingsuz

I always put cotton balls in the corners to take up the room and they look better.

cashs_mom

Thanks for that, PP. I've done this for year but just sort of winged it. I like having a formula on how to taper the corners. I've always done something that makes it easier to get a nice corner with a bunch of fabric in it. I take 2 or 3 stitches across the corner rather than stitching right up to the corner and then down the other side. It's easier to get a non-bulky corner without trimming your seam allowances down to almost nothing.

maviskw

Taking 2 or 3 stitches on the bias across the corner is a really good way to turn lots of corners that have bulk in them, like pot holders and even pillow cases.
And I really like the trimmed seam allowances at the corners, too. That makes sense.

Jules51

Gorgeous pillow!

notmorecraft

I make the seam allowance slightly larger on the last two inches of the seam at the corners, this looks like a slight curve but the forms fill out the corners better.