Hello all,
I have been asked to 'repair' an old quilt for a young friend of mine. The quilt is of no value in my opinion, but my friend has much sentimental value attached to it. I reluctantly agreed to work on it.
The backing is shredded in most places. The batting (I am not sure what it is, but I think it is some sort of polyester) is ok in places but shredding in others.
The top is intact (mostly) but is threadbare. It has been hand quilted.
I have removed the backing. I will replace it with new. I am reluctant to remove the batting that is not shredded because I think it helps stabilize the top - but that may be false thinking. I will have to use new quilt batting over the old.
Not sure what batting to use.
I thought maybe fusible batting would help reinforce the threadbare top? Your thoughts? I am also hoping the needle won't shred the top when I machine quilt it. (I don't do hand quilting
)
Does anyone have any advice/experience? Thanks in advance!