Originally Posted by
Tiggersmom
I would send this to the Amish to be hand quilted and bound.
Exactly my first thought, why put something mechanical on it when it has been done by hand? Will it cost more and take longer, probably. I'm trying to think what was on the backing of mine, I would go with a high quality muslin and knife edge, instead of "binding". It was made during a simpler and gentler time, that is how I would treat it.