Oh how I feel your pain! I just had to take the quilt, fold it, and put it aside. No matter how many pins, how flat it was, how taut the fabric was for pinning, it was bunching up on the top as I quilted it. ARGGGHHH!
The bright side (?), there were no "eye lashes" on the bottom!!
I don't smoke, but chocolate and the diet Dr Pepper was my fix along with walking away!