Tutorial: Fix a Small Hole in a Garment

I had a small panic attack last night.  Want to know why?

As I was trimming the excess fabric away from the hem of my party dress with my shears, I accidently snipped into the skirt fabric and made an ugly hole.  Ahhh!!!  The party was only two hours away!  I didn’t want to re-hem the dress to a shorter length so I picked up the phone and called my mom to figure out what I should do.

I cut out a small square of interfacing that was big enough to cover the hole and fused it over the hole on the wrong side of the skirt.  Fusible web would also work in place of interfacing.

On the right side, I applied a little bit of Fray Check to the edges of the hole to prevent the fabric from unraveling.  Look at that!  You can barely see the boo-boo I made.  And since it’s on the back of the dress towards the very bottom, I doubt anyone would notice it as well.

Crisis adverted!