Originally Posted by
ckcowl
carefully turn under a small seam allowance (to fold the raw edge inside) you can put a small piece of fusable inside to help hold it- then using small stitches carefully stitch it closed. if you don't mind it showing on the back you could use a tiny zigzag on the machine to stitch it closed- if you don't want it to show on the back then hand stitching is necessary. basting glue or tiny pins could also be used to hold it while you stitch.
This is basically what I was thinking, but wasn't sure about the detail of how to do it - thankyou very much. This is a friendship star quilt with blocks made by an online group I was part of - which is why you can see writing on the block. I hadn't thought about machine stitching it, but I may do so: I don't think it would be very noticeable in the middle of all my stippling.