You will look and surprise yourself with what you have learned. Don't be to hard on yourself,we are our own critic. It took me 5 years to get a good binding on my quilts. I would keep reading and keep practicing different methods on how to do them until one day I finally got it. Now I don't mind the bindings at all,but I definitely keep them at 2 1/2 inches. As a self-taught quilter I know we are our own worse enemy. I read the other day if you can't see it(a mistake) at 70 miles a hour,don't rip it out.