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Nic's Quilting

Fixing a fraying seam

I noticed a seam that popped up and started to fray on one of my quilts. I’ve been staring at it and decided to finally get around to fixing it!

Close up of a seam on a quilt. It's hard to tell it was repaired.

It’s not a particularly old quilt and it hasn’t been used much. But there you go, it started fraying. I’m pretty sure it’s directly due to me not having enough seam allowance when I made it.

Close up of a seam on a quilt. It has come unstitched and the fabric is fraying.

  1. I started by folding the seam back and pressing it lightly.
  2. I then used Heat N’ Bond fusible hem
  3. I finished by using a slip stitch on the side.

Hopefully this takes care of it.

Quilt is currently in the washer, it’ll be hung to dry next.

See what we see.

Published on March 11, 2024

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