Wow Electrathon, thanks for the advice. I will try that. I can already see some improvement since I took the class to now. I tried to get the smallest tools I could and they still were big for what I want to achieve. I will get and extra background tool and grind it. Thanks to the rest of you for the comments and encouragement.
Jeeperaz, that's the store where I took the basic class. Sara is a great teacher, she will share all kinds of wonderful things with you. Tell her she was recommended on this site by a member that took her class, she will get a charge out of that!
I am going to tackle a purse for my mom.