I repaired a dresden plate quilt by replacing the missing and frayed petals on the plate. I have a collection of vintage fabrics for that purpose and since it was a scrappy dresden plate it worked fine. I made a template of the petals, cut new ones, removed the bad ones and "blind" stitched the new ones in place. I then replaced the hand quilting. It was well worth the time and effort as now I have a beautiful Dresden Plate quilt to display.