Now what do I do? Dog ripped batting loaded on LA-half done w/King quilt
 

My Ddog came in my sewing room and was so excited to see me that she jumped up to greet me (whiche we are training them NOT to do). She missed me and jumped on the batting floating on the long arm where I was quilting away. It ripped a huge jagged hole in the batting. I was in the middle of quilting a king size quilt. They have always enjoyed laying in my sewing room while I sew or quilt, but I have never had an issue with them until now. So, now what do I do with the batting already loaded on the quilt and on my long arm? The hole is about 12" around and jagged/stretched.

Time for some Hand stiching?

I have no advice, but I'm sorry

Can you patch the area with another piece of batting and whip it in place by hand?

I would cut the rough/stretched hole out of the batting. Cut another piece of batting 3" or so bigger than the hole. Spray baste the outer edge of the patch and smooth into place over the hole. Good luck.

hole in batting
 

That just happened to me the other day. We have a puppy and if my batting is hanging on the floor while I am using my longarm he rips holes in it. At first I thought I would have to some how baste a section of batting in the hole. Then I thought I would use spray basting on the new section which is larger than the hole and when I rolled the quilt up after that section was quilted it seemed to work well. I hope you are able to fix it.

Take a deep breath! Maybe 2. Add 10 minutes with your feet up and a glass of wine in hand. Step 3. hug the dog and tell him you are not really going to take him out back and shoot him. Step 4. Praise and thank God it was the batting and not the quilt top that had the problem. You know they sell the stuff to iron batting pieces together for a reason. It will not be noticeable if you piece the batting when everything is all said and done. Follow the advice above. Just kind of feather the edges of each piece of batting where they come together so it isn't too thick. Ran short at the bottom of a quilt once and filled in like this. You couldn't tell at all.

Cheryl, at least you made me laugh!!!! And everyone's advise is greatly appreciated. I don't feel so gloomy and doomed now. I will try patching it in the morning - right now I am have my feet up and nice glass of wine and my darling dog is laying next to me not knowing how close she came to being taken out back and shot!

I did that with my rolling stool -- the casters caught the batting. Others above have good suggestions..... good luck!

cut a swatch the sames size and fuse into placed, thats what I did for a bag my cat tore into, not sure how it would work for a quilt

Ahhhh.....don't we just love our pets???? Been there too.

So, did you shoot the stool?.......

Seems like the situation has resolved nicely.....glad things did not get to "going out the back" stage:)

That is what I would do. Love animals but sometimes they make me crazy. (Not shoot the dog, patch the batting).

Sorry for your 'situation'....great answers posted...hope matters are resolved quickly today.

Thanks for the laughs

Hope you have calmed down, but actually, you are probably sleeping now.. It's fixable.. and you lucked out big time with it only being the batting...I hope you addressed the situation with the guy when it happened.. My favorite is when I get mad "what were you thinking" then I take him out of the room, and he has a time out on the other side of the door way. My guy has never destroyed anything, but he learned the habit of talking to me in a screeching voice when he wants something.. That's the draw back of sending him over to my brother's when I'm not home..His dog is very vocal, and needy..
Hope you are getting back into the quilting room, and you are on your way to finishing.. I on the other hand am going to fight with my Singer 66 that just started leaving birds nest on the back side..I ripped them out, but now have to investigate why.. I will get over it..
Barri

Looks like you got some really good advice above, no, not the batting and hand stitching, THE WINE!!!

I agree with everyone else... piece a new "patch" in... and once quilted, no one will ever know...

You have a great sense of humor! I scared my poor dog to death when I screamed at her when the batting ripped. She ran out of the room and will probably never want to enter again! My husband even ran up the stairs to see what was soooo wrong! Well, had my morning tea and I am now heading back upstairs to tackle the batting issue. Thank you everyone for your help and for the laughs!!!!

Ditto, same plan of action I would do. Been quilting since 2000 and piecing for 30 yrs.

This seems like a good idea to me. Just be careful of the overspray!

I patched the batting and quilted the patched area. It looks very smooth itsn't noicable at all. Hopefully it will look as good off the frame as well. Thank you so much for all the advise. So glad everyone is so willing to share their expertise!

Oh, dear. Such perils we quilters face when pets are about. i'm taking notes!

You know our little animal friends love us unconditionally, so I would not be too upset with the dog. I think after you have finished that wine, had a good nights sleep that things will look much better in the morning. Lots of good advice here for you, and I think the fix will be fairly easy. No one will ever know ... cept you and the pup, and hes probably forgotten already too : )

spray baste to the rescue - trim the existing batting and measure the area, then cut a new piece of batting and spray away. follow the directions

Time for hand stitching for repair,as for the dog every time it jumps up to greet you,barely step on his back paws while he is in the up.I was told that for my Australian Shepherd and it work like a charm.Don't hurt that much just lightly step on them.He or She will get the message pretty quick.

Well...i'd just get rid of the dog!!

How about shooting the dog? Just kidding. I think I would cut out the circle and iron on a bigger piece to patch it.

I have had stitched the edges back together and it worked out fine. My DGD caught her foot in the batting one time when I was working on a quilt.

I have a dog that has literally destroyed a couch, a door (yes, an actual hanging door!), TWO recliners and numerous small things. He's one of "those" dogs! But, he's so doggone cute, and I knew what I was getting into, so I couldn't be mad. He's a boxer and all this was done before he was one. Boxers are bad to chew when they are young, and this guy didn't get training like he should.

He got into a bag of batting I had that fit the quilt top perfectly, and ate a hole in it, literally ate, I never found the piece! I did what others are saying, cut a square, used basting spray and once quilted it was fine.

I still have to be careful with him. He's twice had to have things removed that he's swallowed! He will eat literally anything. Just today , I took a pop can from him, happily chewing away in the driveway.

I also do agree with this method!

You can make the patch blend in well if you leave the hole edges thinned out - wispy like. Then cut your patch bigger than the hole and pull the edges so they fray wispy like too. Lay the thinned edges overtop of each other. Then you won't have a visible or feel a bulge where the patch is.

The new fusible tape to fix that problem works well. You'll need two people: one to hold a backing support while another irons the fusible in place. Should do the trick.
SandyQuilter