I'm in the same boat as you are. The quilt on my machine is looking awful. I'm having a miserable time even trying to finish it because I know all the time, cost of material & work for the top is ruined. If I can finish it before I toss it out it will be a donation to Salvation Army. Lesson learned, I would rather pay a long arm quilter than have any more of my tops ruined....2nd lesson learned I love making the tops and even if the quilting did turn out I really did not enjoy that part of the process.