Don't give up. Just realize that the 1st one is a learning process and doesn't have to be perfect. I just finished one I started 15 years ago when I was in the same spot you are in. I had sewn for years and thought I knew enough to quilt. Ha! I call it my "progression quilt". I can look at the blocks I did first and see soooo many mistakes but I can also see how much I've learned over the years. I did put it aside for a few years and thought I would never finish it. It just wasn't meeting my standards (whatever those were at the time) but when I dug it back out and took my time, I love the finished project and how much I learned with each block.