Actually, mistakes are learning experiences...sometimes we have to experience it several times before we get the lesson down pat! My technique improves with every quilt I make, as does my ability to chose the colors I use in them. Perfection will never come, but I'll keep striving for it, one baby step at a time. I love something about every quilt I make and a few I love everything about them!!! Haven't made something yet that I truly hated.