117becca

Great idea!! I am going to throw out another idea for you to consider. I took some tattered and torn quilts that my grandmother made and had enough to make teddybears from them. I then gave one to my mom, and each of her 4 brothers. The little gift tag that is on each bear is the story and the history of the quilt. I expressed to my aunts and uncles that the teddy bears stay in the family and get passed down to the younger generations as the years go by.

They were so appreciative.

lclang

There is another post today about this same thing. If you have a table that it would cover, clean and press your quilt, and cover with a piece of plate glass, or use an old window frame and put the quilt behind it for your wall. Glue/mend ragged edges and make pillows to match or teddy bears, or maybe a table runner from the best part. Edges can be glued down with fabric glue that will not wash out instead of trying to stitch them. Worn/shredded spots can be covered with fine bridal tulle and it can be carefuly sewn or basted down so that it barely shows. My niece bought some old woolen blocks I would have trashed at an antique store. She carefully used them just as they are, ragged edges and all and made several throw pillows out of them. They look really nice and she loves them.Think about how you can get the most use/enjoyment out of your quilt and use every bit you can.

Gladys

I agree. I also have seen them without glass over them. Good luck. I'm going to have to do that with a few old treasures of quilts that I have too.

shasta5718

I am so glad to see this here, I have an old sunbonnet quilt my grandmother made and it's too torn on the edges to fix. I have been thinking about cutting and framing it to give a piece to each of my brothers and sisters. Now that I have an idea how to do it I can proceed. Love this board.

Peckish

AND - a good framer should/will use a UV resistant glass to protect the fabrics from damaging UV rays.

newbee3

you can buy the acid free stuff needed yourself at a much cheaper price than what they would charge to do it.

garysgal

What a great idea!

quilt addict

I did this with a piece of crazy quilting my great grandmother did. It was mostly wool so had the extra worry of bugs getting to it. All the suggestions are right on.

carrieg

A friend of mine has a framed quilt of his grandmother's. There were 6 grandkids & each GK got a portion of this treasured quilt that was in not so good condition.

ManiacQuilter2

PenniF is right. You have to carefully have it framed but it is one of the options listed in Camille Dalphond Cognac called Quilt Restoration, A Practical Guide. She has step by step guide to make the various choices of what is the best method to preserve the quilt.