Originally Posted by auniqueview

I bought a really nice vintage "utility" quilt at a yard sale, brought it home and washed it, since it had been tossed on the ground to keep other items dry. (Really, what are some people thinking? Well, actually, I happen to know that this woman was getting rid of stuff from the first wife, lol....even tho this was made by the grandmother of same). It's a wonderful quilt, and I use it every day. I have a cousin (or two, lol) who have been quilting for ages, and when I told her that there was one square that needed replaced, because the tear in it was too big to repair, she told me that if I used any current fabric, I ruined the "vintage" age of the quilt. I figure that the quilt doesn't care, I am certainly happy with the piece I added, and there hasn't been one quilt police come to the door to arrest me, lol. I wonder if I am going to ruin my nice machine sewn quilt when I repair it by hand?