Jan in VA

Let's see.....
Ever hemmed a skirt? Sewn on a button? You can do it.
Fuse the label down. (Ask you local fabric store for help buying a very light weight double fusible.)
For the quickest, easiest, beginner way, sew around the edge of the label with a running stitch.
Let your stitch go through just the backing so it doesn't show on the front of your quilt.
Hide the first and the finishing knots underneath the label.

Jan in VA

Tartan

Depends on where the tear is. If it somewhere that a label would look weird, you could buy some embroidery appliques from Walmart. Scatter them on the back and hand stitch them down.

nativetexan

put a label over it.

Pinkiris

The very first quilt I ever sent to a longarm quilter had a tiny cut in the backing, which she pointed out. Had I done it?? Had she?? Was it in the material all along?? I'll never know.

Here's how I fixed it: I cut out a heart shape large enough to cover the slit from the same material as the backing. I sewed that heart (face down) to a piece of used dryer sheet. Trimmed about 1/4" away from the stitching. Made a small slit in the dryer sheet and turned the heart "right side to". Pressed the heck out of that heart and then sewed it with the tiniest stitches I could over that slit in the backing. I only put my stitches through the backing material, not through the front of the quilt. I didn't have to worry about trying to turn the edges of the heart under. It looked terrific!! I told my daughter that I had put "extra love" in that quilt!

Sue

ube quilting

Get some fabric glue and just touch the tear with it and let it dry. Then do a darning stitch over it. I have done this and it works well. It is only a half inch. not a big deal!

peace :D

clynns

My daughter made a quilt recently that the seam on the front pulled from the other seam. She didn't notice it until it was quilted. So I told her to buy an applique, related to the the quilt and put it over the fabric tear. Her pattern was Please Don't Eat the Dasiy's. A log cabin pattern with flowers. She bought 2 butterflies. Stitched one on the hole and the other she put it on the label. It tied both together. And looked great. When she gave the quilt as a present, she never told. No one is the wiser.

TonnieLoree

This is brilliance! :wink:

okiepastor

I have used all the ideas mentioned one time or another!

GwynR

I have used the "extra love" story myself! The kids "wanted" me to put a heart on something a couple of times. Funny thing is they were so little and they loved the idea so much, they did ask me to do add the "extra love" on things after that! A nice little heart became "our" signature! Wow, that was on clothes and a long time ago.

gzuslivz

Yup. There are no such things as mistakes. Only opportunities for applique:-)