Welcome aboard. I can certainly sympathize with you. My dog did the same thing to the border of my first big quilt and she wasn't a puppy (she was six years old!). She must have been mad at me for something I don't know - she is kind of neurotic but I love her to death. She'll be 10 on May Day and she has her bed right there in the sewing room. I would follow butterflywing's suggestions. It is a beautiful quilt and once it is fixed, only you will be able to tell where. P.S., I never fixed mine but its still on my bed!