So sorry for you, I just don't know what to say! Thinking of you!♥

I got 2 of my baby blankets and 2quilts that my grangmother made over 70 years ago so badly falling apart that I forever made them live on inside of quilts I made.

Hope you are able to fix it or get it fix...I wish you the best...

i agree just get a matching material if you can and hand sew it together with your older material i wouldnt worry about alot of batting i would just use material to bind it together

Really all I can offer is sympthy and the hope that you will get it repaired in time. It does sound like you have some good advise. I myself am fairly new to quilting. I've made 2 quilts at this point. Good luck.

Sometimes I have to put something away until I decide what to do about it. Don't give up on it..

David, I know this seemed unrepairable when you first posted the tragedy but I hope now you feel much more hopeful of returning your quilt to many years of continued service. Help is just posting away here! I'm a former MA resident of 40 yrs. we New Englander's never give up we're related to some of the most unique people this country has ever had. :thumbup:

Sorry to hear about the quilt dilemma...I am sure Debbie will be able to mend it beautifully. Would love to see a pic of the whole quilt...like many others here I love old quilts, especially those made with lots of love, like yours so obviously is. Chin up and happy quilting.

I'm sorry this happened. It would make me sick, too. I repaired a couple of old quilts for someone about 20 years ago, not having a clue what I was doing. I found some material (some of it ended up being from diapers!) that matched fairly well, and I more or less appliqued it over the worn and torn spots. No one could tell where it was patched. The batting was mostly in place with those, however. Good luck, and I hope you'll post pictures and a tutorial on what you did to fix it. It would help so many others of us here!

I have repaired some antique quilts. Usually I fix and applique a matching piece/square over the small hole that is torn. I completed a repair similar to yours twice. In this case, first you need to stabilize the front, batting and back. As the lower blocks in the patch are nearly shredded and fibers are exposed, I would not whip stitch it, as the thread will be stronger that the antique fibers and will cause more damage. Gently pick/cut out any quilting around the torn space. Then I would smooth the layers, place a light MistyFuse on top of the back, between the back and batting, and another on top of the batting, between the batting and front. Fuse with an iron. MistyFuse is an ultra light, paperless fusible. After that your block should lie fairly flat. I would then hand stitch (use only matching silk thread-very light) a very basic design (poke stitch - up and down so as not to stretch fibers) meant to hold the three fused layers together. Do not hoop, just stitch. It will be forever weak in that spot and should be treated with extra care. Good luck
Johanna in WI