Treasureit

Hey...that was my idea too! Great minds thinking again!! Did you put a label on it at all? You could add one there!

gramajo

I LOVE the idea of a dog shaped applique. I'd find fabric that matched the coloring of the dog to use. Dog bones over the smaller spots would be great. And, even if there was a label on the quilt originally, I'd put another one on explaining the dog appliques.

I know it's disappoionting/discouraging to have something you've labored over be damaged. at this point, I'd celebrate it and make the repairs a prominent part of the quilt.

JudyTheSewer

I have a feeling this quilt will become more cherished once the repairs are made. It will be a contemporary quilt with a real story - wonderful! I like the ideas everyone came up with for applique and a new label.

Yosamitesa

Great minds think alike!!! I was gonna say a doggie applique with dog bones, a dog house or even a fire hydrant to repair the holes. Sorry, I giggled when I read what happened.

Tartan

Since quite a large piece is missing, how about doing a black brick pattern in those areas. Make it kind of look like the quilt is emerging from the wall? The big dog appliqué would be fun fix also.

bearisgray

1) Does she still have that dog that chewed up the quilt?

2) You could go on www.missingfabrics.com or the classifieds here to see if anyone might still have some of those fabrics in their stashed.

3) Oy. My. Goodness. Bad doggie.

jcrow

Hey, that looks like what my dog does to our regular blankets!!! I keep my quilts away from him. He's a bad boy.

KalamaQuilts

Some dogs are fabric junkies. Who are we to cast stones

I found a cute dog bones print with a brown background so got an 1/8 yard. I love that idea. I'll use to for the binding area and the smallest hole. I quit buying fabric in 2001. today doesn't count~!

There is a lot of history with this quilt. I made it after I quit buying fabric, entirely from my stash. The first of many,
It was my first double sided quilt, all have been dual sided since then.
It was also the first time I had the aid of a full size working wall. This quilt would have been zip all without all the 'on the wall, thinking' time

and my baby sister, who owned it passed away this summer so it is a special repair job.
thank you all for the ideas!

bearisgray

Oh - there is more to the story - maybe applique replicas of things that were meaningful to the two of you all over the quilt?- which was spectacular, by the way


So that the quilt will just become one big background -

My condolences on the loss of your sister.

patchsamkim

Not having the same fabrics to repair, I think applique would be the way to fix it...whether you do a dog or some stylish floral design. The back of the quilt you could just patch however you would need to fix it. Be creative...it may make the quilt even more beautiful!