Repairs for the Pups

I thrifted this old import quilt last year for the floor in my home office, primarily so my dogs could chew on it instead of my nice quilts. It's turned out to be their favorite quilt for napping on, but is now shedding batting through a few holes that they gnawed in the top. Time for repairs.

The patchwork fabric is very thin and worn, so they've been able to tear several holes in it like this one.

First I spread out the quilt on the floor and marked all the repairs with safety pins.

I don't have any light blue scraps, so I'm using a leaf print to patch over the holes.

The old fabric also frayed at the seams in several places.

I stitched it back together and reinforced it with some stitching on either side of thesplit seam. It will likely come apart again with use and laundering, so I expect I'll have to patch over them next time.

Finished. The quilt really is quite old, with a few lumps from batting migration and overall fading. The pups love it, though, so I'll keep repairing it for them.

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