I pin, pin, pin. Match up all points. My 2nd quilt was a Storm at Sea that took 2-1/2 years to finish. It wasn't paper pieced -- juat all cutting & sewing. It finally got finished about 1 month ago. Not all, but most of all the points came out well, all blocks aligned fine. It's using pins to align (at least that is what I found). I do have a for-giving machine I piece with, a Featherweight 221 that always has no problems with pins. My newer machine would never live over all the pins I used to alighn this quilt.
Linda