I agree. Although the thought of taking it out makes me want to cry on your behalf. On the gift to myself quilt I just quilted, I had to take out a whole row of roses because I didn't pay attention to the fact that the tension was wrong. I did cry. And make my husband help.
I am also a beginning quilter- I think if you draw the designs on first, with an invisible pen or chalk, it's a whole lot easier to follow them, than free hand them. The quilt is really pretty- it's worth sucking it up and trying again.