Thanks again, I am thinking about it. I have an old friend coming to stay for two days tomorrow morning, so won't get anything done then and will think more about what I'll do. It probably helps to get some distance from it, because right now I am just so frustrated this happened.
Hubby doesn't see anything wrong with it, bless him, and thinks I should just gift it as it is. I may take it all out. Stitch length was 3 on my Janome, which is pretty small and not undoable. I took one seam out the other day when I had a small fold in it and it was okay.