When I handed my first 9 block to my mother,, she smiled and with a lump in her throat, said" Danyl, thank you,,,, it is perfect"... even though I could see the mistakes,, she said they were not mistakes,, they were lessons learned for future quilts,, and she also hung it up and showed it off to everyone,, ( she was an avon seller at that time) and her customers loved it,,, it was the fact,, that even with the "lessons learned" my mother did not care,, it was because I made it all from my hands,, and that she loved it,, and to get my mother to cry,,wow,, thats an achievement!!! LOL!!!