Fun Fri~ Clell's Quilt Repair Begins

 

I was asked to repair this everyday quilt,

so it could continue to be used.

A person brought it to me for someone else.

I agreed to try to make repairs

as long as I didn't have to match fabrics.

They didn't care what I did.

They just wanted to keep using it,

before it fell completely apart.

With my big stash of fabric,

I thought I would have plenty fabrics

that would come close.

I did not.

It's a very heavy quilt.

Inside is an original quilt.

No telling how old.

I can't wait to hear the history. 

The old quilt was covered like a duvet

with curtain or light weight upholstery fabrics.

The edges are not a regular seam, 

but rather each layer was turned under

 and hand sewn together.

 

 

The sections that needed the most repair,

was a loose woven fabric

and located where the feet

or neck would be.

I had this one piece of curtain sample

with background

and red/green that somewhat matched.

I first decided to sew down

the old fabric to the old quilt

so it wouldn't move around under the fabric 

I was about to cover it with.

Thinking less movement,

less fraying?

 

Following the original 

fold under & stitch idea,

I did the same with the new fabric.

Except I used the Hidden Ladder Stitch

that I used to put the 

blocks together for the 

Tahara Japanese Quilt.

These are the original hand stitches. 

Not sure you can see

how the stitches are holding together

the folded under edges.

You can in the previous 2 pictures.

 

Don't know how long this repair will take.

I'm to pick up prom dresses to alter this coming weekend

like I did last year. 

Prom Dress Alteration Season

 Shortening a Prom Dress