I thank you all ... this is motivation for me to keep going ... I am hard on myself ... but I realize that it is my first and I've learned SO MUCH ... and this is what I wanted to do ... learn! I've learned quite abit on this board just reading.
I'm signed up to learn machine quilting (where you put all three layers together) and then later in the month I'll be taking a class on binding.
Today I went to Half-Priced books and bought me a book called "Encyclopedia of Quilting" by Donna Kooler. It looked really cool, and has 20 projects in it. I hope to learn a few things while checking the book out!
Anyway, thank you all for the kind words. I'm already working on the next quilt called "Confetti" ... and I'm also wanting to do the BOMs listed on this site.