seam coming apart
#6
I fix vintage quilt tops all the time and I use the same invisible hemming stitch I use on clothing. Sometimes I use nylon thread that is invisible but mostly I use cotton thread to match the fabric. Good luck.
#8
Francis does a stitch that doesn't show at all on her applique. She goes beneath the top layer of fabric and just slightly catches the bottom fabric and then come out at the fold of the top layer of fabric. It hides the entire stitch. Good luck. Usually when that happens to me I find that the entire quilt is actually falling apart and I'm left to either use the entire quilt as batting for a new quilt or if it is a family heirloom to genty sew a transparent netting over the entire thing to hold it together for awhile longer.
#9
I am just facing a similar problem in a quilt I made for my daughter. All of the fabrics are cotton, but for some reason, one fabric has frayed so badly that all the blocks using it have frayed right out of the seams. At first I thought some of my seams were too skimpy, but looking closer, it was only this one fabric and some of the fraying was a full 1/3" or more, so beyond the seam line.
To repair it, I am folding the frayed edges under using fraycheck and letting them dry, then I am using a hand stitch to seam the edges back together. If I were at home, I would definitely use iron-on fusible for reinforcement, but have none available here.
To repair it, I am folding the frayed edges under using fraycheck and letting them dry, then I am using a hand stitch to seam the edges back together. If I were at home, I would definitely use iron-on fusible for reinforcement, but have none available here.
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