What a truly beautiful quilt! Life is about learning experiences. At my age I can identify with the feelings of all.....the quilter, the receiver and the child. Don't know who to credit this with but there's a saying that I think of often....."Too soon ve grow olt , und too late schmart".

These are the lessons that you learn early in life and you never forget them. Like the time, when I was 6 years old, I stuck a bobbie pin in an electric plug, blew out the fuse and burned the tip of my finger. I still have the scar on my finger 60 years later. Yep, never did that again. When we are young, we are just industrious, curious creatures.

First I want to thank you all for your nice comments to comfort me and for the many advices how to mend this quilt!
And i too read many stories on this forum and some others about similar desasters everyone can tell about.... I can make a little storybook out of these stories!
And when I repair the quilt I remembered that I once read may be on this forum: a quilter told that she make a little pocket on the backside of the quilt and puts some left over fabrics in it, stitches it up, so that there is fitting fabric if needed!
And now here are the pics of the nearly new quilt!

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I searched for fitting fabrics (this quilt was sewn in 2006) and sewed an new block which I appliqued so that the holes are covered!

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Two smaler holes were covered with red hearts!

And this lable covers the holes on the backside:

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It's a note for further generations what had happened to this quilt!

And now it looks as good as ever!

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And a little remark to my grandson: at the moment he is not very fond of being in my sewing room and snipping the scraps I gave to him.... It was formerly a great pleasure for him!
And he told me that he is very happy that the holes are no longer there, he had a big kiss for me!

Thanks for posting this. I love the idea! Never heard of Kintsugi. The items are nicer now! The quilt repair is supberb.

I love how the fix turned out, and those hearts are adorable! Great idea about adding the label for the repair on the backside.

Also like the idea of extra scraps hidden in a pocket.

Thanks for sharing. This is what life is all about. And Grandmamas can fix just about anything, yes they can!!

For some reason, reminds me of when my little sister got the scissors and cut her eyelashes off. My mother cried.

I know Grandma can fix it.

Definitely time for some fusible web applique. I love the heart idea!

That's unfortunate but I must say that I do like your log cabin quilt! It is lovely. I hope that it can be repaired and looking good once again. Best wishes. :)