Popped Seam Fixed - #36 Done

Back in May I started and finished a quilt, Purple in Process. It was my 36th quilt, since I started quilting in August, 2015.

Houston, we have a problem. A bad seam. So I slowly headed off to find a solution.

My options were:

1 – Scrap the project – after about 2 seconds of thought, no that was not an option.

2 – Karen Martin suggested

I would use a toothpick to add some Fray Check to the edge of the fabric and when dry, carefully turn under the edge and stitch by hand. If all else fails, I have been know to pick out an entire piece, quilting and all, replacing it by hand and then re-quilting that area. In fact, I just did that to repair a tear in one of my quilts. It’s not fun, but once it’s all done, your will be happy you fixed it!
That “seamed” like the best solution, but I wasn’t confident enough to tear out one block and get one back in. I saved this as my last chance fix.

3 – Ann D suggested

Sometimes I’ll cut a little strip of fusible web and use that to iron under the seam allowance, then stitch down by hand or machine. I’ve got a quilt I made for myself that does that periodically (lots of homespuns in it). I just trim the fraying, then satin stitch the seam. It shows on the back, but I don’t mind. When it does matter, I hand sew it. The fray-check option works too.
I thought this might be my answer

4 – Several suggested

Hand stitch the seam together.
I liked this solution, but the fabric had frayed so much that there wasn’t enough to sew to.

I ordered Steam A Seam 2.

Once it came, I cut a small piece, just under 1/2″ and placed it under both the white and the green fabric. Gave it a hot press and it didn’t look too bad. Then I stitched the seam together.