If I can say anything at all to you to help is what my great grandmother told me: "The quilt police are not going to show up at your door, so don't fret about the mistakes."
There are a lot of simple patterns you can do on table runners, hot pads, etc to get used to color, patterns, and your own designs. I very seldom use a pattern, I just have a vision of what I want and go for it. And there are mistakes, but that is okay, because I will have learned what works and what doesn't. And trust me the kids love to have my "goof quilts" to play with and I also donate many of them to the homless, preemies, etc. They could all care less that a couple of seams don't match perfectly or the colors might be off a tad.
Don't give up. Lots of people here on this site to help you!
Keep on a'quilting.
denverjjoy :roll: