Crazy Quilt 1

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	Typical Restoration Techniques for Crazy Quilts


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Basic Replacement along Seamline

Embroidery will be restitched on Green piece.


			Basic Silk Crepeline Overlay.


Focus: Purple triangle. Fragile fabric, brittle, with early signs of shattering.

	Custom-dyed silk crepeline placed over piece for color match.

		Custom-dyed silk crepeline in place. Original fabric and embroidery are intact. Crepeline contains and protects original fabric and stitching.

			(Acid-free tissue surrounds work area to protect adjoining areas.)


	Typical Remove & Replace: Shattered Silk

Ivory colored silk is shattered and hanging in shreds.

Deterioration extends into embroidery.


	Embroidery has been removed and ivory colored silk has been removed and replaced.


	Re-embroidery replicates original embroidery stitches. Restoration of this piece is complete.


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