One of the washcloths that I made from an old skirt is now threadbare to the point of developing holes. What I noticed is that the areas that happened to be embroidered from when it was a skirt are not nearly as threadbare; the fabric density there is about double that of the undecorated portions, not including the embroidery yarn and thread--which were stitched as a yarn embroidery "couched" or stitched down with buttonhole thread.
So the embroidery has done a lot to protect the fabric from abrasion, mostly during washing, and has also helped to contain the fibers so they don't work their way out of the fabric.
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