My sister has never even sewed a day in her life. She says she's going to start quilting. She showed me a project she had started. She needs so much help. But I live 4 hrs away. She was using a yard stick to measure and cut. And just sewing the seams how ever big she felt like and wondered why it didn't come out right. HaHa. I gave her some pointers. And steered her in the right direction.