Restoring antique and vintage quilts is something I love to do and which I charge for. The care it takes to handle fragile fabrics is very time consuming but I think worth it for those sentimental pieces. That being said, let me add that in most old quilts there are pieces which have disintegrated and others which have held their own. I recently restored this quilt and it involved totally deconstructing the blocks, replacing sections of the Dresden plates, putting on new backing for the individual blocks for stability, then replacing the sashings, batting (which was all wadded up and unsalvageable) and backing. My goal is always to honor the original quiltmaker. See what you think!