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I just finished binding this quilt and found a tear on the front! How do I fix that?![ATTACH=CONFIG]482390[/ATTACH]

Ouch, I will be watching this thread...someone will have an idea for you. Might help to see a photo the whole quilt. Hope you can fix the tear without it looking like it has been patched over. Sorry for you troubles

Judy in Phx, AZ

I would insert a small piece of fusible inside the tear, then press the torn fabric back into place. Would then cut a matching patch from fabric, turn under edges and hand applique over the tear. It's highly likely no one but you will ever know it's there!

Prism99 is right. That is the same suggestion I would have posted.

I think with that large a tear I would resquare the quilt, an inch or whatever is needed all around, and then rebind it. You might want to mark whatever measurement in from each side of the quilt, attach your binding using that marking, and then cut off the excess.

I'm assuming that is a solid border.

I've also seen appliques used to cover a tear, but I don't think that would work in this spot.

Hope this helps!

I've appliqued a small heart or star, my special love hug...er. bo boo cover upper.
or fix from behind as stated earlier

If you have a scrap of the fabric you could very carefully match the pattern and applique it over the tear. Other than that, a flower or a star, with maybe a couple more added so it likes like it was planned rather than a mistake.

Same here!!

That just makes you want to cry! Hope you come up with a good solution to your problem.

Ditto what Prism suggested. I 've done this in the past with great success.

Have you put a quilt label on it? You could patch it and then put the quilt label over the patch. Just an idea.

Oh so sad for you. Fusible is what i would do.

I think the previous suggestions are good ones. The only other idea I have is if you have more of that fabric, you could undo a portion of the stitching of the binding and quilting in that area, cut out the ripped section, use that piece as a pattern to cut the size of the replacement piece (adding seam allowances) and hand piece the new section in. Redo any quilting removed and reattach the binding. So sorry this happened!

Been there. Done that. It worked very well. Even I can't find the spot unless I look very closely.

I would agree with a previous answer. I notice the batting is cut also, or torn.

I would do exactly like Prism99 suggested. When I first started quilting I had a tear almost like yours and that's how my friend fixed my quilt for me. Although I knew it was there, I had a really hard time finding it after she completed the repair and returned the quilt to me.

Perhaps if you haven't put a label on it yet a small one could be the cover up. A cut saying would also work. Love your fabric. Good luck.

I am not sure exactly where the tear is, on the front or back but maybe this would be the best place to put your label with the date and year and your name on it???????

BoNash makes a product to repair holes called "007". Worth a shot.

I had a quilt that someone gave me with a cigarette burn in it in the center. I didn't even have the same fabric as the quilt but found some similar fabric and appliqued a patch over it. You really have to look for the patch to know that it is there. When I do find the patch sometimes I just think how much I love the quilt and how clever I was to save it.

Prism99 has the perfect solution. I was so sorry to see the picture, that would make me cry for sure. It will all work out and you will be the only one who knows where the little tear was.

Looks like a good place for a label

If its at the bottom it might be a great place for a quilt label, after fusing. Might be easier and quicker to just trim it off and rebind.

I'm sure many of us have been there and done it.Prism99 has the best idea.It is quite an enlarged closeup so I am sure that is the best solution. Good luck,let us kinow how it turns out,bless you. Letty

Prism99 has the right answer for this problem. Fortunately the tear is on the edge where any kind of repair will be less noticed. Love that fabric.

Since that has happened to me more than once all I can do is give you my fix and let you run with the idea. I call those my special detail areas. I find a matching or contrast fabric, get out the fabric pens, and write a personal note for the recipient before I appliqué the patch to the quilt, or add a pretty shape, or on one daisy quilt I did, I just used a bubble bee appliqué to fix it. Get creative. Let us see what you decide. I even turned a beige patch into a bandaid!

Check out a product called Bonash. I did this same thing on a quilt that was pale ice blue and I used it with great results. It is a wonderful product to have on hand and lasts forever. It is a powder based glue, heat activated. Let us know if it works for you too.

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I bought this product many years ago. It has saved many a rips! The link is just for description. I bought it elsewhere.

http://www.joann.com/bo-nash-007-bon...FSJo7Aodcj8Aqw

It's the same as Carly posted about. It does work!

I absolutely agree with Prism 99, I would use some fusible interfacing, then I would find a matching section of the fabric and hand applique over the fix. Depending on the size of the quilt, I don't think I'd want to remove the binding and trim then re-apply the binding. Matching the pattern in the fabric should make it difficult to spot. I once appliqued black triangles to a Roman Stripe quilt when defective fabric grew holes. I appliqued over the black triangles, then re-quilted the lines and it solved a huge problem of possibly remaking the quilt. Of course it had to be the very first commissioned quilt I made, but they were happy with the fix and it wasn't really noticeable, thankfully.

Looks like a good place to place a flower, or name tag if it is the back or the quilt.

I would cut off the loose threads and put an iron on fabric in the hole and iron the torn piece back down or cover with an applique, of the same fabric, if possible.

I also agree Prism99 - great idea !

Sorry, but that is not a tear; it is a cut. Somehow that got in the way when you were cutting something else. How do I know that? Been there, done that. But the fix is the same. I would lay a small bit of batting inside before putting on the top layer, as it seems there is no batting there. It got cut away completely!