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"romanyroamer" wrote in message ... Hi, I have seen antique quilts "mended" with muslin or nearly sheer material. It stabalizes the quiilt and still allowes the original to be seen.... sorry don't seem to have explained to well. It's late in Australia and I'm more than ready for bed!....Amelia Which is exactly what one did, well really just basted sheer netting along the worse of the damaged areas making a "sandwich". Will hold until can get the time to really decide and do what must be done. In principle the technique of mending a quilt with a sheer material is simple. One uses either silk organza, crepeline or stabletex (sp?), and simply patches over the damaged areas using a running stitch. As you stated this stabilises frays,tears and other small damage and is almost an invisible repair. The beauty of sheer netting type fabrics is they do not require pre-shrinking, nor do they unravel at the edges. Some quilt repair professionals will actually cover the entire top of a damaged quilt with a sheer fabric if required. Thanks for the suggestions, great minds think alike! *LOL* Candide |
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