I too get frustrated with the quilting I've been on my second quilt for a while now and it mostly sits on the table and does duty as a cat bed in between ripping out seems, re-ironing, re-pinning and trying to get it rolled up and into that little 7 1/2 in throat on my machine. That is why I took a job at Wallyworld. To save money and get a long arm machine with a frame. Other than trying to free motion on a machine that doesn't drop the feed dogs, In a tiny throat, I love every part of quilting. And know I'll be loving it more.