I gave up on quilt patterns. I found them confusing. Now I just take the idea and make it how I want. I am not very good with the math thingy either! You should look up Rhonda's tutorials, she makes it all seem to simple and has helped me over come a lot of fears I had with quilting and trying new things. Don't be afraid to ask questions, I ask all the time and a lot of my questions seems silly to me but I always get an answer.