Repairing an Old Quilt

I use an old quilt every day in the winter, one of the last my paternal grandmother made.

It is made of pieces of her old dresses in a star pattern, mostly pink & blue with a green plaid star in the center.  It was one of the last ones she made and was completely done by machine.

This is the end I always grab so I know it is oriented correctly - it's twin size.  The pink fabric is very thin and there are some holes in it so it needs some repair.

I need to use what I have already as I have 2 totes full of fabric pieces.  There's not a lot in pink but I thought this light brown with pink roses looked nice.

Grandma used a cotton batting that has not shifted or balled up much but the fabric pieces are large and the quilting is not very close together.  First I cut out the pink pieces leaving the seams cut to 1/4" wide or slightly less.

Then I cut new fabric pieces and appliqued them in place.  A fade out type fabric marker was used to mark out the quilting lines and I hand quilted the areas.  I think when I finish the repairs I will hand quilt the whole thing because her machine quilting lines are coming undone and it really needs to have closer stitching lines.

Since the pink is used for the binding, it really needs to be replaced too.

This project will be a slow, ongoing one.  I can work a little here and there with no stress to hurry & get it done since spring seems to be almost here.

I have another of her quilts that I had to repair some years back, here's a link to the post on that one.  I learned from that project to cut away the old fabric as the extra layers made it very heavy.