If it is the patterns that "discourage" you, and are having trouble reading them or figuring them out, take some time and go to the LQS where you shop and ask for help. Spend a day there just working on your project to get thru it. Also, since you have not been quilting a "long" time, then be sure not to be working on a more intermediate/experience rated pattern. I know when I was beginning quilting, my projects were not perfect nor were they complicated, but as time went on, I have gotten into more difficult patterns and still run into issue with those. Keep at it. You will be fine. Giving up is not an option to me either.