A couple of years ago, I started a Christmas gift project for my girls and grand daughters of creating seasonal pillow covers after giving them a pillow with a general home decor pillow cover. That first year was Easter. The second year was Halloween/Fall.
This year was Patriotic which can be for Memorial, Fourth of July, Labor Day and Veterans' Day.
The previous posts that kept readers guessing showed how the covers were made with hand stitched hexies. 
I really enjoyed sitting on my couch
I will admit when I laid out the 3 pieces of approximately 12 inches, it would make one think of place mats.
The final hexie piece measured 14 inches x 12 inches.
Then borders were added to fit a 16 inch pillow
which means borders had to be about 17" unfinished
to allow seams and room to put on pillow.
The envelope pillow cover method was used.
hand stitching these hexies.
I was able to finish hand work on each top in about a week.
btw, these were scraps mostly given to me
by the President of our QOV group.
