Don't overwhelm yourself by taking on too big and too complicated a project. I knew nothing and I mean nothing. Didn't know what a fat quarter was and what was a scant seem...etc. Took a class which was supposed to be for beginners and it wasn't. I finally learned, but not without feeling stupid, making mistakes and almost giving up. If I'd have started with a pieced hot pad, or a table runner in a simple design, I wouldn't have put my project in the closet for 8 years before trying again. The youtube videos are in valuable and so are the websites that are now all over the net.