Thanks for the suggestions; I had not heard of retroclean, I am eager to try it! This quilt is in deed a challenge; my first thought when I received t was to make teddy bears out of it for my bosses 2 step-grandchildren. When I posted that idea on this board, it was met with a bit of chastisement. And the responses were such that I thought well, maybe I CAN and SHOULD try to repair it. So, I am finally going to try, and if it doesn't work, well then no harm done, since it is in bad shape. This is the only part of it that is really shredded-only about 3 blocks. The rest is just normal wear on the fabric, which gives it a comfy/homey feel and I don't mind it.