I am with you. I went to a retreat with my GF. We were doing the same pattern, different colorways. One small wallhanging. We are 15 solid hours of work in and it isnt ready to quilt.
It was ATROCIOUS! She bought a kit, I just bought fabrics per the instructions. It ended up about 2/3 the size listed on the pattern. We used every bit of fabric she had. The directions were odd and confusing. Never unsewed so much in my life! The most we can figure after doing some research on the net is that the pattern was written by a European woman, translated to English--thus the confusing sentence structure and the size might have been metric not inches. Dont ask the designer because I cant tell you. I am so frustrated I blocked it out of my mind. We bought it at the Cincy Expo.
I would consider both of us intermediate level quilters. This thing would just not go together with the bias cuts etc. I left my machine in the trunk of the car. I dont even want to look at it or this project. If I didnt have over $100 into it, I would throw it in the garbage!