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I have put Grandma Mary's quilt aside for a little bit.  I showed the damage to another quilter, and discovered that more of the fabric is shattered than I first believed.  Only a few blocks are intact, and the fabric in them is iffy, too.  I wanted to talk to my Mom (who was on vacation) before I did anything radical. 

Radical would be to take the remaining intact blocks (there are three) out of the shattered remains, and make a new quilt, surrounding the three blocks that are left.

In the meantime, I seem to be in the quilt repair business.  Niece Katie recently got married, and while visiting with my sister last month, Katie and her husband came up to see me.  Katie brought along the sewing machine I gave her (to relearn how to thread it!) and her childhood quilt, made by her paternal Great-Grandma MeeMee.  Katie received it as a baby, and is now 22 years old.  The quilt has had some hard use, and a few squares need some tender, loving care and new patches. 

I brought the quilt home, with promises to repair it quickly.  Hope to finish it today, and then post photos.  Despite what it looks like in the photo, the damage is more extensive than it looks. Several of the light triangles are torn/mostly gone. I was able to hand sew some seams back together, too.  So far, I've put 16 patches over torn fabric.  There's still more to go.