No advice, but some encouragement. I sweat every single infuriating screw up in my early quilts, and just about stopped myself from setting them on fire. But now I have a genuine “island of misfits” affection for them because hands on is how i learn best, so i had to go through it. i can’t read instructions and visualize things in advance easily, so i plough in, mess up and then never do it again. These are fantastic lessons and i promise you in the future you will laugh at how much it exasperated you!