I repaired a quilt that my sister-in-law made (that my brother-in-law got in the divorce). He washed the quilt and it hadn't been quilted closely enough to hold the batting together and what a mess. He wanted to salvage the quilt since it had some fabric in it that had been used to make some clothes for his kids when they were little. I ripped all the quilting out (what a job) and then had to resquare the top. I used a new warm and natural bat. I can't remember if I was able to salvage the back or not. I had to use new fabric for the binding. What a job. It was worse than starting from scratch.