I have an applique block I was working on today. When I sat down with it to do some of the embroidery, I noticed a small tear in the fabric right along the edge of some of the applique. Seems like the thread used to attach the applique piece cut into the background fabric a little. It's small, probably a little more than 1/8" but I don't really know how to fix it. This is going to be a wall hanging so won't be used or washed much at all. At first I thought about trying to stitch it closed with really small stitches, but I'm afraid it may do more harm than good. Would a small piece of fusible on fabric ironed to the back over the tear be enough to keep it from fraying through just the little bit of handling, and one wash, that the quilt will get?
I really don't know how it happened, maybe just a fluke weak spot in the fabric. :?: