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Repairing a Tear in a Quilt Block


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Repairing a Tear in a Quilt BlockI made this patchwork quilt years ago for my husband's Lab. She has since passed and it has become an extra cover in the winter for me. I noticed that there was a tear in one of the triangular pieces making up one of the blocks and decided to repair it.

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Total Time: 1.5 hours

Supplies:

Steps:

  1. First I ripped the seam between the two right triangles making up the square, so that I could adjust the torn piece and get it to lie flat. I wanted to patch over the tear, rather than remove the torn piece. I basted the torn pieces down, but did not go all the way through to the quilt backing.
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  3. I found an unused block in my craft fabric stash and identified the piece that I wanted to use to make the repair. Clearly the quilt had faded over time from washing. However, I decided that I was fine with the patch being much brighter in color than the quilt.
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  5. Using my seam ripper I removed the small square from the unused block.
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  7. Then I separated the two triangles saving the solid blue for other uses. (I don't throw anything I can still use away.) You can either finger press or use a boning tool to press the seam allowances under on your patch.
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  9. Now it was time to check fit the triangle over the torn piece.
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  11. I removed the craft thread ties in the corners of the piece.
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  13. Next I pinned the patch in place, adjusting for a good fit and futzing with the corners to turn under the excess fabric. I did snip off a bit of the extra fabric, being careful not to create an opening in the folded corner of the triangle.
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  15. Once the patch was pinned in place to my satisfaction I blind stitched it to the surrounding squares and up the center to reconnect it to the corresponding triangle making up the square.
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  17. I used craft thread to retie the corners of the patch using a square knot.
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  19. You can stop here or do some embroidery around the patch for decoration and added stability. I chose to make a fern leaf stitch with added colonial knots to finish the project. I have used crazy quilt embroidery stitches on several baby quilts that I have made to complement the tie method of securing the layers.
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  21. Done. Now for more years of cozy enjoyment.

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July 7, 20150 found this helpful

Beautiful! I hope your great grands are as impressed as I was!

 
January 29, 20230 found this helpful

Thank you for the update I have my grandma quilt and needs repairs and I found down in Arkansas pieces from a quilt I'm going to use.

 

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