Sunday, July 17, 2022

Restoration Work

I've started restoring and reinforcing this vintage quilt piece in order to make it a little sturdier before I turn it into a pillow.

I love the primitive applique in the center, so I'm using embroidery to reinforce what's left of the leaves and stems before I add a little of my own lace and fabric to revive the flowers.

The piece also has some holes and fray spots, which I covered with lace.

From the back of the piece I filled in some missing batting with little bits of my scraps, and then patched over the spots with plain white muslin. All of this work is intended to preserve the original quilting as much as possible, and restore what's missing or needs protecting.

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