Good timing for this topic, when my 50 yr old daughter came for a visit last week she brought a quilt for me to repair that I made for her about 20 years ago when I was beginning to quilt. It is so very worn, it would be easier to make a whole new quilt but she wants this one, it was so very poorly made, cheap fabrics that have just worn through but somehow I used a good cotton batting because that is still intact & the backing fabric has held up. In some areas I am making new blocks, like a mini pillowcase so I can turn in raw edges & appliqueing them over the worn out blocks. Other areas I am just darning. It will never be pretty but she is attached to this one even though over the years, as my skills increased, I have made her better quilts. Like someone said, people look at quilts with their heart.