On Wed, 12 Aug 2015 07:54:44 -0500, Julia in MN wrote:

Sometimes quilt repair can be overdone. Sometimes the fabric is so old
and deteriorated that it doesn't pay to try to fix it. You might fix
some spots now and in a few weeks or months other worn out spots will
show up. Just my two cents worth. I haven't seen your quilt so I don't
know that it fits into the category of "not worth repairing" and I have
no suggestions for your repair.

Perhaps you are correct, and some sentimentality about the fact that my
grandmother made this quilt is clouding my judgment, and in any other
situation, I might look at it as being beyond repair.

However, I still feel that many people are still too quick to throw stuff
out before even trying to repair it.

In many cases, stuff today is in fact made so that it is cheaper to
simply replace it than to repair it.

Sometimes things are made so they cannot be repaired.

That does not change the fact that I would like to repair this quilt and
get "more life" out of it.

Brian Christiansen