I had to reply because you stated so well how I recently felt over my machine quilting. I was bummed for a week over my poor stippling. B4 quilting I did 2 days of practice and all was well then but not when I got to the larger quilt. Now it's back to more practice and smaller quilts. I would encourage you as I am myself to keep at it-we're in the learning curve right now, and for large quilts, longarm quilters are worth it.