Sounds like we could be sisters. I love to make tops but handquilting is so slow for me..... pain in my right hand gets too much after awhile...... I don't have much luck with machine sewing those large quilts either. But, having a few tops folded and waiting to be quilted is not so bad. They look beautiful on a shelf or hanging beside a bed on a drying rack. If I let it worry me too much, they'd have to put me in a hospital..... so don't worry...... be happy!!