Don't give up! At least not yet! I took a New York Beauty foundation pieced wallhanging class when I lived in Va. I forgot my sewing machine! The owner who was the nicest person let me use her sewing machine but I had a sharp learning curve to overcome since I had never worked with a Janome. Needless to say, I was embarassed, behind, and felt like a dunce because I was so frantic I couldn't concentrate. But by the end of the four hour class, I had caught onto the technique. I finished the wallhanging at home at a slightly faster speed because something clicked once I got over being embarassed. I liked the precision so much that two years ago, for my new nephew, I made a frog and lilypad quilt using paper piecing. I also really like the church block that was posted on the board for the house BOM.