Okay, via the photos I'd bet one side of the opening has all the stitching and the other side has none (reminding me "this little piggie went to market) I'd turn the none side under whatever amount you can spare, kind of crease it with your fingers. and then stitch by hand from the no stitch side into the STITCHING on the other side and back again. Go from the stitching to the folded side to sew up the seam.

THEN if you don't like it try something else.

Have you ever made something that requires you to leave one side unsewn? Something like a pillow, for example. This usually leaves something to be desired with the end result. I can always tell which side was the one I hand sewn closed. Annoying. Some wonderful person said machine stitch both sides of the pillow along what would be the seam lines on that last side. When you've finished everything and need to sew the last side closed fold the edges to the inside and stitch not the fabric but the extra row of stitching you made on both sides earlier.

Worked. You just sew into the stitches on one side and into the stitching on the other. Magic.

Probably will be the last time you ever have this problem!

Jois

PS I never wash until everything is done and then I soak instead of wash.

Jois

I have been quilting 5 years and still will have the underneath seam slip so that I don't have enough seam allowance. Are you going to use this as a top only? or are you going to quilt it? I have some tops I use as table cloths and I don't always sandwich them, but I do try to remember to do some reinforcing stitching.

Hmm -

I'm in the "baby threw up and mom just wants to get the thing clean again" camp.

I wash fabric before cutting, and I machine wash the quilt after it's done. Haven't had a seam come apart yet.

But I make what I call "quilts to love and use"

By the way, the colors you used were lovely.

slip stitch and fabric glue.

don't ask how i know. :lol:

Sometimes when washing larger items in a top loader, one section can get hung up, kind of under the agitator?, and then as it moves, it puts tremendous stress on the fabric. I wonder if that could have happened here?

I would stitch up the seams that tore, and then sprinkle some appliques over the top of the quilt :wink: The only one who will know this was an after thought will be you :D:D:D

did you 'quilt as you go'? and maybe sew thru all the layers at once? maybe you weren't real careful with your seam allowance? this would do it. you can fix it. slip stitch it by hand, and then add some more quilting in the middle of the blocks. i read somewhere that quilting should not be any further apart than 4" and that's what i try to remember. beautiful quilt. nice colors. we learn from our mistakes.

Are all the failed seams that same fabric. That fabric may be the problem.