I am getting ready to finish my iPad mini cover this morning....so I went on line to look for some ideas of how to make the side seams look especially good. Here are some of the links that I looked at:
This first one made a gorgeous finish for a sweater. I'll give it a try before I look more.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuTlNae-EtM
The pattern did not lend itself to the beautiful join that is illustrated in the above link. I am going to think about the possibility of crocheting it together to get a pretty finish.
http://www.crochettoday.com/how-to/how-seam-together-crochet
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-W2Bp0wOeyo