Vincent's restored dragon quilt on the bed
Quilt

Putting New Dragon's Breath in a Loved Quilt

· Threadgoode Quilting

In the early years I had made quilts for friends and family but I always yarn tacked them because I knew hand quilting was not something I wanted to try again and my attempts at free motion quilting on my domestic machine left me lacking. And sending it off to be quilted at that time was not something I knew about (years before internet).

I had made one such quilt for my son, Vincent, and he had used it so much that the backing had worn thin and he needed it repaired. If you look close you can see little black dots which is what was left of the yarn I tacked it with.

Vincent's dragon quilt before restoration — worn backing with visible yarn tack remnants

I trimmed the binding off, clipped the yarn tacks, replaced the batting and backing and free motion long arm quilted it back together with a pantograph. He is one happy young man.

Long arm quilting machine stitching the restored dragon quilt

I love how it turned out and it made this simple quilt my son loved look stunning and he'll be able to love it for years to come.

Vincent's restored dragon quilt displayed on the bed
Close-up detail of the long arm quilting on Vincent's dragon quilt