A long Arm. Now how smart is that? About the same thing happened to me. I learned to quilt a queen-sized quilt for my bed, and was told that the instructor was leaving to go back north in a couple of days!!! What to do???? She told me to take it to another quilting class on the other side of my town ( about 10 miles) away. No, I don't think so. Then she gave me a business card of a woman who could help and told me the same thing you were told, but I chose not to do it. I completed it on my own. It has taken me a good six months, but its still not done. Its the rail fence pattern. So whenever I don't have my present quilting, I always go back to this. I purchased the fabric; mostly FQ, at my LQS, and paid close to $300-$500 for it. When its completed, I'll post pixs.