Granddaughters are wonderful and we will do anything for them. One of my friends made a quilt for her granddaughter in 2000. Her granddaughter brought it back recently and asked her to mend it. The quilt top was shredded. It was beyond repair. The grandmother offered to make a new quilt, but the granddaughter wanted her old quilt. It meant a lot to her. A new quilt would just not do.
I was asked to help repair it. My first thought was that it was so far beyond help and there was nothing that could be done with it.
All of it was worn and tattered, including the binding. The back and the borders weren’t too bad. They were just worn and faded.
The quilt had fifteen log cabin blocks. I decided to make a new center and sew it on top of the old quilt. This is the old block
This is the new block.
It was fun finding fabrics that looked like the old ones. They are similar and look as bright as the old ones would have been when the quilt was new.
The batting had to be patched in places. I cut off the old binding and added new to match the center of the quilt. Many hours later, the quilt is finished.
This quilt was worth saving. The granddaughter will cherish the quilt that her grandmother made.
Have a great day and happy quilting.
Miss Molly quilts 