Quilting is not a competition! It is for you and your pleasure and your happiness. You can't beat yourself up for being new at quilting when you are in a room full of experts. Remember we all started in the same place. It has surely taken them years and hundreds of quilts to get to where they are now. Don't compare yourself to anyone else. Just enjoy the process and celebrate each new step while you learn and practice the new techniques you learn. Don't be so critical of yourself. Make yourself a lap quilt, wrap yourself up in the warmth and enjoy your accomplishment. The more you try and practice, the more comfortable you will become. Also I would talk to your LQS and determine the level of the class before you take it. They always offer more beginning level classes and if you take those, you will find many others who may not even have your abilities. Relax and enjoy! xxxxoo Mary Ellen