Take a peek at some of the tutorials here and other places online (do a search for quilt tutorials or a particular block's directions). There's some really good ones that show how to do things step by step. Also do a search on Youtube, they have some great videos for anyone interested in learning and you can play it over and over so you can learn at your own pace (something else to do inbetween classes) I quit quilting for over 20 years and I'm just about to get back in to it, I've been bookmarking tutorials all over the place so that I can hopefully learn more than I knew when I quit (which wasn't all that much).