I recently acquired a crazy quilt top in need of some help-a couple of the silk patches are frayed. I'm a complete newbie to quilting (nothing like jumping in at the deep end, right? My other project is an axehead...), but would like to replace these pieces, back the quilt, and use it as the couch napping quilt.
I understand from basic Google research that it shouldn't be batted, and should be tied as opposed to machine quilted, and probably doesn't need to be bound, just enveloped.
After that, I'm a little lost. How do I go about replacing the pieces? One frayed spot is small enough that I can applique over it, and I've got a lot of vintage tatting pieces around that would do nicely.
The question is what do I do about the two bigger pieces? The one is so frayed it's almost completely gone; the other is still present, but barely (and is the same fabric as the mostly-missing piece, so I suspect it's headed the same way).
Any words of wisdom on how to go about doing this?