I also feel that way but it is when I finish the top that looks wonderful and fear that I will mess it up with the quilting/FMQ...the way I have solved it is to QAYG...I am very brave when doing a large 15" block..one at a time...if it is messed up you can discard it and do a new one because they are all joined together after the quilting process. I also am much more comfortable with straight line quilting. My Bernina has a small throat and it is much easier to quilt geometric designs on a 15" block than it is on a whole quilt...lol.