You really do have the patience of a saint. I wish I had some of it. Before we were married my husband asked me to fix "grandma's " quilt also. Polyester and wool squares (out of square) and the batting used was 3 blankets!! It was so heavy that I had to go buy two folding tables just to hold it up so it could be worked on. Now it resides in the linen closet upstairs, but if the heat goes out and it get's to 60 below....we'll be toasty warm.