Help! Quilting disaster!
#12
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Your quilt is beautiful. I'm so sorry that your dog found it something to eat!!!
I have 3 dogs and they have chewed on way too many items as well!
Your quilt is beautiful. I'm so sorry that your dog found it something to eat!!!
I have 3 dogs and they have chewed on way too many items as well!
#14
Dang! If I see this correctly, that pup went right for the middle, huh? Well, is the backing intact...isn't that what we're seeing beneath the damage? I would replace the top three or four pieces and the batting as previously suggested...by hand. And for the backing, if needed, I'd applique something that would tell the tale...a heart-shape, preferably made of gold colored fabric! By the way, that really is an attractive quilt...you did a fine job on it the first time...you'll get it back in shape...no doubts here!
#15
Originally Posted by butterflywing
i would make 4 new .5 squares and put them properly together, turn under a .25 seam allowance, then blindstitch them over the dog's mouth, er, over the ruined 4 patches,
#16
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bellaboo - do you assume that we don't have a pet?
believe me, we do - a small bundle that has the run of the house - she has never (knock on wood) chewed up anything....
3/4 pappilon and 1/4 jack russel - so you can just about imagine that she has lots of energy.... except she won't chase the stupid chipmunks in the yard!
she's just a good girl - I'd say it out loud, but she knows when she hears 'good girl' that we're talking about her!!
believe me, we do - a small bundle that has the run of the house - she has never (knock on wood) chewed up anything....
3/4 pappilon and 1/4 jack russel - so you can just about imagine that she has lots of energy.... except she won't chase the stupid chipmunks in the yard!
she's just a good girl - I'd say it out loud, but she knows when she hears 'good girl' that we're talking about her!!
#18
I'd probably take some of the fabrics that are in the quilt and make a relatively large lazy daisy and applique it, and some leaves meandering around a stem...all from the fabrics already in the quilt...
it is a pretty one~!~
it is a pretty one~!~
#20
I would trim around the hole, leaving a 1/2" next to the seam lines along those 4 pieces, removing the quilting as needed. Make a new block of the 4 half square triangle units, turn under the seam allowance around the edges, replace the batting piece and stitch the new block down by hand. Then I would resew the quilting :D:D:D
I think it will be an easier job than you think, and only a magnifying glass will show where the patch is...at an arms length, no one but you will see it :wink:
You can Elmers glue baste around the edge of the patch to help hold it in place while you stitch it down.
I would also consider basting the batting patch to the rest of the batting too, to make sure it doesn't shift.
I think it will be an easier job than you think, and only a magnifying glass will show where the patch is...at an arms length, no one but you will see it :wink:
You can Elmers glue baste around the edge of the patch to help hold it in place while you stitch it down.
I would also consider basting the batting patch to the rest of the batting too, to make sure it doesn't shift.
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