I find that anytime I make myself get out of a comfort zone it feels "freeing", like it's opening doors to a whole new world. Right now I'm working on two quilts, (same pattern, different colors), and they have something I've feared for years----Y seams! But I've found that if I use my wash away marker and place a tiny dot where I want to stop it's working wonderfully. So far I've only got two blocks out of 12 made but it's a WIP and I don't have to have them done before November. I'm also using a vintage machine that will stop on that dot exactly and I can take a reverse stitch without it going ahead one more stitch like newer machines do.
Push out, take a deep breath, grab your big-girl britches and take off for deeper waters. You'll be glad you did.