I recently redid a tied quilt. It was one of the first quilts I made and the border was wearing thin with small holes in some areas. I cut off the ties, replaced the border, put new backing on it and had a friend machine quilt it.{cheap} Turned out nicely. Also, redid one I made for daughter years ago. Told her to throw it away and I would make her a new one but she loved it so I just alppliqued little hearts over the holes that were bad, changed backing and had it machine quilted. They do seem to last longer being quilted.