I'm a longarm quilter, and just because you don't do the quilting doesn't mean you're not a quilter. It's very hard to put a full-sized quilt through the small opening of a sewing machine. Plus, it takes lots of practice to do so, if that's what you want to focus on. Believe me, I've taken out so many stitches, sometimes the entire quilt (longarmer's call it frogging ... because we "rip-it, rip-it!) so it's time consuming to take out the stitches, but it's done all of the time. A good thing to do in front of the TV! The holes from the quilting will either go away over time or will come out in the wash. I suggest you take out the stitches, call you local longarm quilter, and chalk it up to a lesson learned. Good luck!