I made a muslin "quilt" and practiced on that at first, then I practiced on my Linus quilts, just meandering and making hearts and/or daisys on the girls and stars on the boys. Then I got brave and did one for my daughter. It has taken a couple of years, but have to admit that I'm proud of most of the quilts I do. Someone even asked me if I had sent one out the other night. :lol: