so sorry, but it has happened to me too-- things don't always work like they should, and in fact, most everything that I do seems to have a challenge to it!! -- sometimes there is a problem with the pattern instructions -- my bee did a row quilt which stressed the exact length of the rows -- guess what, nearly all of us had to trim at least an inch or two off the blocks to make the rows the correct length (too much coincidence for there not to be a mistake somewhere) -- sometimes a project just needs to be put aside for awhile -- I have a quilt that is nearly completed but just doesn't speak to me other than to say "I am here"!! -- good luck on some sort of solution to your problem!!