re-binding a quilt
 

About 17 yrs ago I hand quilted a whole cloth quilt for my daughter for her wedding. She has informed me that because she washes it so often the binding is all frayed and want me to fix it. My question is do I remove the old binding or re-bind over the old binding. I do not know how badly it is frayed as she has not shown it to me, just asked if I could fix it.

Save yourself some time and aggravation. Just put it right on top of the other one. Only you will know.

after you repair it, give her instructions on "washing" a lovely whole cloth quilt. agitation is the enemy. soaking and spinning work just fine.

I would just add the new binding on top of the existing. Yes, agitation is the enemy. soaking and spinning will work much better for the quilt.

I would remove the old binding if it is to bad shape. If only in a few places then only remove the warn spots. Cut them away and piece it together. I tried to put the new over the old and had a mess, so I ended up removing the old.

I would put the new binding over the old one. May have to be a bit wider than the original but much easier than taking it apart.

I had to rebind one that was so worn, I trimmed the whole quilt just beyond the binding and started fresh.

I agree with cjsews, since it's a whole cloth quilt and you will not be losing any points on stars, I would trim just past the binding and make a whole new binding. You're only going to lose less than 1" on the width and the length.

I agree with the above two posts.