First I want to thank you all for your nice comments to comfort me and for the many advices how to mend this quilt!
And i too read many stories on this forum and some others about similar desasters everyone can tell about.... I can make a little storybook out of these stories!
And when I repair the quilt I remembered that I once read may be on this forum: a quilter told that she make a little pocket on the backside of the quilt and puts some left over fabrics in it, stitches it up, so that there is fitting fabric if needed!
And now here are the pics of the nearly new quilt!
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I searched for fitting fabrics (this quilt was sewn in 2006) and sewed an new block which I appliqued so that the holes are covered!
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Two smaler holes were covered with red hearts!
And this lable covers the holes on the backside:
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It's a note for further generations what had happened to this quilt!
And now it looks as good as ever!
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And a little remark to my grandson: at the moment he is not very fond of being in my sewing room and snipping the scraps I gave to him.... It was formerly a great pleasure for him!
And he told me that he is very happy that the holes are no longer there, he had a big kiss for me!