justwannaquilt, you have a lot of strength to go back and be willing to start over. I've made over 600 quilts, and trust me, I've done worse. Somehow, our mistakes make us wiser technicians in the art of quilting. Thanks for sharing. You probably helped a hundred quilters by sharing your error.
My egregious machine quilting mistake made me realize, every time I start a quilt, look on the back after the first few stitches, and then again, after 6 square inches have been quilted.