Originally Posted by
Tartan
It looks like the same pink is on the back? If so I would sacrifice a section from the back big enough to fix the front. I would appliqué the new piece to the front, hand stitch the missing batting to the batting from the back. I would them appliqué a large patch to the back where you removed the piece from the front, maybe a boat? I would then put a label on the back of the repair with the information about the original maker, your name for the repair and the name of the guilty party. After it is all repaired, I would hand quilt the sections again in the original manner.
that is a great idea to do