Thank you all for your very kind and encouraging words. I shall give you a description of what I am up against. First of all, we are using different templates than I am used to, they are the Perfect Patchwork Templates from Marti Michell. Has anyone had experience with these? They are supposed to be very accurate and I guess, if I were more experienced, they would be fine. No one knew we would be using these templates when we started. They are plastic see through and unless you have some of those wee round sticky things to keep them in place, they slide everywhere. Each block is different and there are some very unusual cuts to be made for each block. You know, sort of like a very challenging zigzaw puzzle.
I really appreciate the encouragement and I will be back again to ask questions and possibly, if I can, post some pictures, if that's OK.
take care
MissBarkey