I say go for it. I consider myself an intermediate to semi-advanced quilter, mostly self-taught. The first big quilt I made was king size for our bed, from a crib size pattern my DH saw in a quilting magazine. I just figured, all I had to do is make more blocks, right? I really learned a lot making that quilt, including machine quilting it on my Kenmore, at least it made it through the quilt before I burned up the motor. Seriously, I'm sewing along and smoke is coming out of my sewing machine. Guess I worked the old dear too hard.