I did a major repair job like you did on a quilt that someone had gifted to my brother-in-law. He washed it and it was not quilted close enough to be washed and the batting was in bunches. I had to take it all apart, square it, put in new batting and because it was constructed with seams every which way and size I decided to tie it rather than quilt it. I bought fabric to put on new backing, new binding and the batting and the pearl cotton I used to tie it. I gifted it back to my brother-in-law as a Christmas gift. He was pleased to get it back since it had fabric in it from his son's clothes when they were little. I do think he thought I was being a little cheap however in not giving him additional things for Christmas. He had no idea how many hours I spent deconstructing and reconstructing it along with the significant money spent on the materials. I'll never do a job like that again.