It's so nice to see this thread. I'm a fairly new quilter, and I have been struggling with the perfect piecing issue. I've figured out that my cutting is sometimes off - the fabric slips or whatever. I've been thinking I need to buy a cutting machine to improve my accuracy, but those things are expensive and I'd rather spend the money on more fabric. So now that I know it's ok to not be perfect, I will just carry on with my imperfect seams and spend my money the way I want to.