Gosh I sure feel your pain as i just this week did SID on two place mats as my first attempt of quilting and thought that was bad enough. I usually send my quilts out to a long arm quilter when I am able to. Partly because my previous machine couldn't handle the thickness of the material once a backing and batting were added. Now I have a new machine I have no excuse not to do it myself.
Funds are more limited now we are both retired so I need to be more frugal which of course means more do it myself :-)
Maybe1day