Rhonda Dort

Working my way through all of the fabric patching and machine decorative stitching, it was time to address the hole in the quilt temporarily covered by the large yellow square.

I saved the vintage muslin back of a small baby quilt and found it matches the muslin in this quilt almost perfectly. A 3” square covered the quilt back hole.

After the machine decorative stitching, the patch on the back will blend in. The quilt top hole repair needed two 3” x 1/2” rectangles.

The same with these two long rectangles, after the decorative stitching, they will blend in nicely on the quilt top. You can see close-up that the fabrics in this quilt have almost deteriorated overtime and use.

The repair to the muslin (front and back) completed, it is time to take care of the printed fabric blocks.

This is an example of what I did with blocks that needed repair. Sometimes I turned the fabric edges under, sometimes I machine stitched over the raw edges.

I’ve had a great time fussy cutting images from reproduction fabrics and using the tiny squares and/or rectangles to cover holes.

While upside down on the pic, the block of the child is darling!

Laces and trims are perfect to either decorate or cover blemishes.

The tiny hearts cut from an old tattered quilt are perfect to cover holes in the quilt top fabrics.

Vintage yo-yo’s have also worked well to cover larger damage.

These 2 tiny patches are half inch squares.

Below are lots of pictures showing lots of bits and pieces used to make repairs:

Thanks for looking!

Happy quilting and blessings to all,

Rhonda