I just started out with squares, no patterns, no piecing to make a block. I started out very simple. I took whatever novelty fabric I wanted to use, cut my squares and sewed them together, I did put sashing in. I'm past that now and on to more. It may help to just concentrate on how to do one thing at a time. First I worked on sewing my straight line and at 1/4 inch. After that work on perfecting something else. That is how I have been approaching everything as I had not even sewed before I started quilting.