I also ordered the Oversized Quilt and Sham Set. These shams match in pattern and color, but are made a little differently. Both sham sets are a fold over-style where you insert the pillow through an opening along the center of the backside. One edge of the opening covers the other. The shams in this set have ties on the backside which are cute, but the fit of these shams is a little smaller and tighter. Consequently, placing the same size pillow inserted in both sham sets causes the pillow to bulge-out along the center of this one, which in turn, causes stress on the seams and causes the stripes of the pattern to bow away from each othe. The stripes lay straight and neat on the sham set that came with the quilt. I have not washed these yet, but if/when they shrink, it would accentuate the problem and you would likely need to use a pillow with less fullness.