Saving Another Double Wedding Ring Quilt, Part 2

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

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Published by Rhonda Dort

A creative person living in Houston, TX

10 thoughts on “Saving Another Double Wedding Ring Quilt, Part 2”

  1. Good afternoon, Rhonda!! I admire all of your work!! You so lovingly take something old and tattered and bring it back to life, making it more beautiful than it was originally!

    I need your expertise. I’m sure you know what products I should use. We had our belongings in a storage building, and the fire sprinkler system leaked into our storage room. After a month of heavy dripping on our boxes and furniture, the storage unit manager alerted us to the problem. Unfortunately many of our things were ruined beyond repair, refinishing or cleaning. I was able to salvage a quilt, two quilted pillow shams, some appliqué quilt squares, and a whole bolt of fabric that had mold on them. Can you tell me how I can clean them and what products I should use so the mold will be totally removed with no residual effects?

    Thank you so much for your help!

    Sincerely,

    Paige Hill

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    1. Oh goodness, I am so sorry to hear about this happening to you, how devastating! Regarding mold, do you follow Kelly Cline? She has some very good techniques to address mold on fabric and or quilts. Google her, she has Facebook group titled: quilting vintage – reuse repurpose inspire. Do a search within that Facebook group and you will find a lot of good answers regarding mold.

      Hi, thank heavens, have never had to address such an issue, but just know she is the expert!

      Best wishes as you wholeheartedly tackle these items, it is my hope that you will be very successful!

      Blessings,
      Rhonda

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      1. Thank you so much, Rhonda, for your help! I have found the facebook site and have joined, I appreciate your help! I have followed you for several years and can’t wait to see your next projects. You are a world of information, inspiration, and so creative!

        Thank you again!

        Paige Hill

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  3. Thank you for your inspiring ideas. I have a vintage quilt, made for my mother by my great-grandmother. The quilt was beyond just repair, so I took the quilt blocks apart from the quilt and backing, and will replace any fabrics necessary in the Sun Bonnet Sue blocks and make them into pillows for my 9 granddaughters. That will leave me with 3 blocks for myself and I may make a quilted bed runner out of them. My great-grandmother and my grandmother made the same quilt for me when I graduated from High School, and I have it to pass along to my daughter.

    Thanks again,

    Kris Lee

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  4. I’m doing great! I just finished a sentimental wallhanging where I used lots of my Mom’s crocheted doilies and even a pair of her gloves! So much fun to work on.

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