Originally Posted by MaryAnnMc
ya know what.... I'd make the smallest repair possible, as neatly as possible, and just 'fess up. This isn't for sale, it's for family. Your GD will love it all the more, and she'll think of you every time she sees that spot. Quilts are for loving and using, IMHO, and not for preserving. Give her a few years of loving it, and it will need repairs anyway.
Be proud of this quilt, it's gorgeous.
You are so right about this. I zigzagged with matching thread and it was hard for me to find so even without confession, I doubt she will ever see it.
I did one for my son and put his name, grandma and 2011 machine embroidery on one quilt and three weeks later I had to tell him.