i dont know much because i am so new/ out of date so i feel brand new. i quilted 35 years ago and hadnt done any more till a few months ago. So.......... i have learned everything but mostly......to trust myself! That is my best tip. It may not look right, might not look possible, may not be believable but then suddenly when this has been put to that and that has been put to this... good lord it does work!

And do you know what..... if it doesnt look EXACTLY like the pattern or the tutorial (thats unusal) i have found that mistakes can become something lovely quite by accident. The other day i did something and i sooooooooooo liked what had happened that i went with what i had done wrong lol

So thats my tip................trust yourself, there are no mistakes, only variations Hey that sounds dead profound, i must write that down somewhere.......

Oh! one more tip. when all else fails there is always chocolate cake and a rest. Even 'variations' arent the end of the world after chocolate cake.