Yep, my mother used this method when she burnt a hole in something with a cigarette.

ya know what.... I'd make the smallest repair possible, as neatly as possible, and just 'fess up. This isn't for sale, it's for family. Your GD will love it all the more, and she'll think of you every time she sees that spot. Quilts are for loving and using, IMHO, and not for preserving. Give her a few years of loving it, and it will need repairs anyway.

Be proud of this quilt, it's gorgeous.

I like this idea and think this is what I'll do.

You are so right about this. I zigzagged with matching thread and it was hard for me to find so even without confession, I doubt she will ever see it.

I did one for my son and put his name, grandma and 2011 machine embroidery on one quilt and three weeks later I had to tell him.

Thanks for all the compliments. My first attempt at triangles. More work than I ever thought. I have even more admiration for those of you who do it with grace and ease.

I did that also to one of my first quilts with small blocks. It was for my grandson and was made of Puppy's, paws prints hydrants etc. I tried a fancy stitch and didn't like it so I was ripping stitches on the bak and sliced a 1/2 hole. The backing was a cute blue with tiny black paw prints. So what I did was make different sizes if blocks and blanket stitched by hand and made it like it was patch work all over. He just loved it. It is always on his bed. [he is 12 now] 4 yrs later]Pic in my avatar.I even made curtains and pillows to match. Good luck with your hole!!

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I have done this too. Works great.

I had nearly a 1/2 inch cut in my backing fabric on my first quilt. After thinking long and hard about what to do I took a small piece of matching fabric (just slightly larger than the hole) and ironed on some Lite Steam-A-Seam2 on one side, took the backing off of it (it's double sided sticky) and then carefully poked it through the hole, lined it up just right and then ironed it in place so that it was now sticking to the batting. Then I took another piece of the fusible web and placed it on top of the little patch and was able to make it stick with just pressure. Then I pulled off the backing so that it was sticky now on top and brought the top fabric over the little patch inside and pulled the edges together before gently ironing it all together. Hope this all makes sense! So in a nutshell, the "patch" was ironed to the batting as well as the top fabric of the quilt. It wasn't going anywhere! I was so pleased at how it all came together. Once I was sure it was cooled off and dry I did use a little fray-check just to make sure it would stay secure and not ravel. Now because this did happen to be on the back of the quilt I decided to go ahead and put my label over it...not that it looked so bad anymore but because I just wanted to make sure it would hold up to washings and the like since I was giving the quilt to someone that might be a little rough with it.

Good luck!

When you bleed on your quilt, you can put a drop of hydrogen peroxide on the spot and the blood will disappear most of the time. I stick my fingers sometimes and get blood on my quilts. I always have hp handy. My granddaughter had a huge "female" accident on a white floweredy sheet. I soaked in hp and you cannot even tell!

Try liquid stitch. It works really good. You won't even see it after you use it. My sewing friend uses it all the time.