I don't know how many times you have made half square triangles (HST) but the more you do the easier it will become. Also the 1/4" seam or scant 1/4" seam is very important. Another thing that helps is starching your fabric really well before cutting. Make your HST a little bigger & cut them down to the size you need.

I know about the 13th my computer had a prissy fit and I could not get it on or or anything. Left it for a day and night letting the battery go flat then turned it on in the morning --no problem at all--thank goodness or I would be out some big money getting it repaired.

Oh dear! Just be good to yourself and cut the original a little bigger and then trim after you sew it together. Who is going to take the quilt apart and look under/inside it??? They better had not do such a thing! That is why we have UFO's. I finally got some of mine caught up and some were totally different from the orignal project. Keep trying. Not today, maybe tomorrow. For sure there will be a rainy day. Blessings, Ruth

Oh please don't quit. I got so frustrated I threw the quilt I was working on in a bag, gave away all my fabric and spent my spare time reading. Ten years later I decided to try again. Now I regret all the quilts I haven't made over the years. I haven't made a perfect quilt yet and sometimes I have to tug and pull or redo to make something fit, but the final quilts are always beautiful and I get such satisfaction from them. So, don't do what I did. Just keep quilting away. Incidentally, I finished the quilt that was in the bag last year and my daughter just loves it.

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Yes, I've often been frustrated. Even packed up all my fabric and put it in the attic once. But it didn't last long. I really enjoy it too much. My advice to keep you motivated is to FINISH something. Even if it's just a potholder, having something finished keeps you going. So if you have large quilts started, put them aside for the moment, make ONE square, and make a potholder. You may have to make several to get you back in the mood, but you will!! Good luck.

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was FED UP ,FED UP with trying to bind a quilt with a "wiggly" edge--------took AGES was ready for blowing more than a gasket ,so went on to live chat---------they were superb and calmed me down [could have cut the damn thing up] AND as I sell for dog rescue and had a stall imminent finished it AND guess--- what it sold!!!

I have had several projects that just frustrate the heck out of me.
I put them in what I call "time out". Sometimes they are there for a few days sometimes for years.

I know that when I have trouble with something I am working on, I put it away for a while and work on something else. I find that when I go back to it I am fresh and it usually works out then.