I received an old and beloved Lemoyne star that my DN and DNIL wanted repaired. It was in bad shape after 50 years and 4 years in a storage unit. Used the appliqué method; even appliquéd partial stars over the worst sections of the border. Some smaller holes in the border were darned; they do show a little. Took out and redid the hand quilting (the thread had disintegrated). Oh, and cut off and replaced all of the binding. Here is some of the result:
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They loved it.