The pillow is finished thanks to, Connie our landlady. She came outside and saw me gathering all my materials and wanted to know what I was making. Once I told her I was making a pillow and sewing it by hand, she quickly offered to sew the casing for me in two minutes. Of course I said, "sure!" She whipped up the case and added ties for me. I stuffed it and sewed it up and tada! Done!