Thanks, I guess I will just quit trying to recover this fabric. I've put it away for when I can figure out something to do with it.
I'll just wait until payday to purchase a small basic kit from "Connecting Threads". Maybe I'll have m,ore luck with something simple, and with instructions. I wrote them about the tools I would need to do one of their kits, so sometime next week they should be able to tell me the basic kit, and what tools I will need.
Until then, I am taking a break from the quilting thing, and will explore more on my new machine. I'd like to learn how the machine makes letters on cloth.