I am making some couch pillows for my parents annn. The pillow forms are 14" square. Can anyone tell me how big I should make the casing for the pillows? Thank you for all your help.

I see you have your answers I would have made them about 1" smaller. Hugs Sally

Thank you for all your help,I ended up doing them 14". I still am not good at corners, but am working on it.

Thanks for asking this question - Ive learned a lot from every-one else's answers & Bev's pattern link is a very useful one as it in turn has links for all sorts of home decor patterns & projects.

Great question! I recemtly made cushions with 16" polyester fillers and made the cushion covers 16" also and they fitted a treat!

here is a link for lots of pillow patterns.
From Bev

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by nama2 26 Feb 2011

thank you

Good question. I learned something new.

I also agree, if you cut them larger, the corners are wimpy. I would cut them 13 inches and use a 1/2 inch seam allowance.

I work in the home decor industry and we make the cases 1" smaller, like sewmom said. If they are filled with down, you could even go 2" smaller. I hope this helps.~Nancy

I would make them 13 inches. That would make them fit snuggly.
If you have time to make a simple test in muslin then you could see how snug you like it.