Tutorial for repairing a QUILT

Tutorial: REPAIRING A QUILT

Wedding Ring Quilt

This is an old wedding ring quilt that is in need of repair!

Many areas are fraying and thread bare.

As you can see above, some peices were gone.

And below is the finished product!

So, how is it done?  

I started by gently taking out the piece, one stitch at a time. 

An old quilt top never quilted,

an excellent source of fabric!



Next, I cut a piece of feedsack fabric from an old quilt top I purchased from ebay. 

Start by cutting a raw shape, not exact by any means.  Here I am slipping the fabric under where you can and begin pinning with applique pins. 

You can see in this picture how I tucked under the piece where the original block was tucked under and I folded the block where it goes on top of the other pieces. 

Using quilting thread, I hand appliqued the piece into place.  Doing this makes some of the hand quilting come out.  In this case, I secured the old quilting thread by knotting them and attaching my new thread to the ends, then re-quilting the new piece into place. 

Another example of fraying

Sharp pointed scissors is the key to picking apart the pieces!

After removing the worn piece

new piece pinned into place -

place under edges of folded pieces

 and fold on top where you can't get it under.

After stitching and after the repair is finished,

this is what it should look like. 

Here you can see how the piece was simply

appiqued on the edges. 

The back does show some extra sewing, but I decided that is the price you pay for having to repair.  If it was a light colored backing, it would be less visible but of course this one is brown and the repair is more obvious.  Oh well, this quilt will be able to used for many more years.  Feel free to contact me if you have questions.  Here's to a life time of wonderful quilts!