Boy do I relate to your problem. My biggest thorn it the binding tool - the one that makes it so your binding goes together perfectly and can't tell you how many times I have used it, each time is like the first. Luckily there is a video on You Tube that I watch a couple times as I do it. But what about photographing each step as you do it? Then write a note for each photo. It worked for me when I was making the folded quilt balls.