My very first pieced quilt was an 81x108" quilt - 35 blocks (12"), 5 across - 7 down. I was scared, but I had so much fun. The one thing I did was I made the quilt my way - I went to quilterscache.com and dug up the Antique Tile block (12") and made a story out of each block - hence my memory quilt. I also wrote a story about each block. Oh, hey, there are mistakes galore, not a whole lot of people can see them from a racing horse, but I know they are there and they are part of me, learning, experimenting, but most of all, having an absolute ball. I made that quilt when I was 70 years old - I am 71 years old now, I probably aged about 10 years in that one year (only kidding - I have gone on to make 16 quilts! Some are really big, some are lap,, some are crib, some are NICU and one doggie blankie! Two I donated to the Breast Cancer walk, 6 are Quilts for Kids, two for NICU, and the rest for family and new babies in the neighborhood. I am so totally hooked that I have two gouges in the carpeting where the ironing board sits. I don't care. I love what I am doing. Does that help at all? Edie