Please, please help me with a torn quilt!
03-08-2011, 04:07 AM
#32
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: NE Connecticut
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Oh, I feel your devistation! But look at the bright side!
You have a chance to add to the story of the quilt for a future chapter!
I would flatten out the quilt and make it as clost to what it was. Then find a piece of material that would look right with the rest of the quilt. Then draw out something large enough to cover the area and using something like steam-a-seam lite (for applique)apply the patch over the area, and then do the same on the back. Use a matching thread to stitch the patch down. You could use a wheel pattern or a heart with a broken zig zag down the center of it. Look at the mishap as a way to add to your experience. This is how I have learned over my many years of sewing!! Good luck and don't forget to show us the outcome. A big hug for sympathy and encouragement!
You have a chance to add to the story of the quilt for a future chapter!
I would flatten out the quilt and make it as clost to what it was. Then find a piece of material that would look right with the rest of the quilt. Then draw out something large enough to cover the area and using something like steam-a-seam lite (for applique)apply the patch over the area, and then do the same on the back. Use a matching thread to stitch the patch down. You could use a wheel pattern or a heart with a broken zig zag down the center of it. Look at the mishap as a way to add to your experience. This is how I have learned over my many years of sewing!! Good luck and don't forget to show us the outcome. A big hug for sympathy and encouragement!
03-08-2011, 04:39 AM
#33
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Location: MA
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Originally Posted by redmadder
First, Put it back together with hand stitching, don't try to make it right at this stage, just get it back together as best you can. Try to make it lie flat as you pull fabrics and batting together. The stitches you put in at this stage are for reinforcement.
Next, look for fabrics that come close.
First, whipstitch a patch on the back.
Second, Find bits of batting that come close to the original. Is it cotton or polyester? It looks like cotton from here. Put them in with hand stitches, kinda like darning.
Third, Layer in your replacement fabrics, whipstitching them in place.
All this will take time. Just remember that quilts acquire character, sometimes by accident. You will love it all that much more.
Next, look for fabrics that come close.
First, whipstitch a patch on the back.
Second, Find bits of batting that come close to the original. Is it cotton or polyester? It looks like cotton from here. Put them in with hand stitches, kinda like darning.
Third, Layer in your replacement fabrics, whipstitching them in place.
All this will take time. Just remember that quilts acquire character, sometimes by accident. You will love it all that much more.
03-08-2011, 05:04 AM
#35
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Location: Illinois & Wisconsin
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Hi David! So, so sorry. I can't even imagine how that sound made you feel. I am really impressed with the "fixes" you have received and in no way am I experienced enough to dispute these great quilters. But, I just had a thought! Wouldn't it be nice to put a piece on that spot with a photo of your grandma and some information about her and her quilt? The photo quilts I have seen are really memorable and if you did this it could make a "mistake" a really great thing. Just my thoughts. Good luck and happy stitching. Please let us see it when you have it done. Yolanda Wood River
03-08-2011, 05:33 AM
#36
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: TX
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OK here is what I did with a $4.00 king quilt I found at GW.
It had a hole the size of a silver doller all the way through like
yours. I started with a piece of batting bigger then the hole to
fill it up. The added fiber glue around the edge and just tacked
it on both sides. Then I found a patch close to the color for
the top square and patched it in the seams as best as I could.
On the back tear I put a heart shape top patch applique stitch,
and then made it a label with the info as to date, and discovery
data. Not perfect but came out better then I expected, and I
have to even hunt for the repair on the front.
It had a hole the size of a silver doller all the way through like
yours. I started with a piece of batting bigger then the hole to
fill it up. The added fiber glue around the edge and just tacked
it on both sides. Then I found a patch close to the color for
the top square and patched it in the seams as best as I could.
On the back tear I put a heart shape top patch applique stitch,
and then made it a label with the info as to date, and discovery
data. Not perfect but came out better then I expected, and I
have to even hunt for the repair on the front.
03-08-2011, 05:37 AM
#39
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Colorado
Posts: 879
What I would do is; pick a fabric for the top that goes with the rest,larger than the hole, batting large enough to fill the hole, and backing fabric a little larger than the hole. I'd start with the backing; hand sew your patch, whip stitch the batting , then add the top patch, by hand,I use the back sides of fabrics sometimes if I want a faded look.
Don't worry, with a little patience, and some hand work it'll be fine.
Good luck
Don't worry, with a little patience, and some hand work it'll be fine.
Good luck
03-08-2011, 05:37 AM
#40
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Location: West central Illinois
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Originally Posted by debbieumphress
I will even take before and after pictures for you so you have a record of it and send along some fabrics for future repair when you inadvertantly run over it again with your wheelchair. I'll let you know when my visitor arrives. Thanks for trusting me with your treasure.♥♥
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