another idea for a hole in the quilt is to "face" it.
You put like a binding around the edge of the hole.
This would really protect it. I don't know how big or small.
A small boy's thumb...I would place a "patch" and then cut a thumb
sized hole and clip the edges in a circle and fold them to the back side
of the quilt top and reinforce the edges on the front with buttonhole or
topstitching.
I would definitely use a scrap of the old quilt to make the hole
unless you just think it would not hold up. See my suggestions
above about a pocket on the back instead of a label.
You could still put information she would like on it.
Last edited by Mousie; 07-27-2019 at 09:46 AM.