I sleep often on the sofa and my keys must have snagged a hole into
the coarse weave upholstery fabric. If I can put some sort of
reinforcement to keep the fibers parallel and in place I can probably
keep the tear from running. Is there some sort of adhesive backed
fabric or tape for this purpose? Ir is there some other method of
repair? I don't think sewing it back will do the job.

On 2 Jul, 14:20, PaPaPeng wrote:
I sleep often on the sofa and my keys must have snagged a hole into
the coarse weave upholstery fabric. If I can put some sort of
reinforcement to keep the fibers parallel and in place I can probably
keep the tear from running. Is there some sort of adhesive backed
fabric or tape for this purpose? Ir is there some other method of
repair? I don't think sewing it back will do the job.

Go to a fabric shop and see if you can get some Iron On hem tape.
There are products that you put between 2 pieces of fabric and when
you iron it, it seals them together. If you can get it under the hole
and then arrange the fibers so the tape is hidden, after you iron it,
it might glue all the fibers in place.