I'm so sorry that you got such bad workmanship from a friend no less! To me she is way over priced. I just got a Cal King quilted last week with a shell pattern all over. My LAQ only charged me $70.00. I thought she did a pretty good job. No it wasn't perfect, but then my quilt wasn't perfect either. (It was my first.) She bought it to me told me that she tried to square it it up for me and gave me pointers for the next one. She also told me that she thought that I did a pretty good job, even tho I knew it wasn't perfect. I think she thought that I was going to be disappointed, because some of the points weren't exact, but I was satisfied with it. I sure hope that you can get something worked out with her, if not then I think I'd find another friend. Just me.