My second course i attended was to make a Jacobs Ladder. We were not given the 'quick cuts' so landed up cutting every single little square separately and then there was a lot of stitching and stitching and ironing and ironing. You all know this is part of quilting. By the time i had finished my set of blocks and had to join them i was in for a SHOCK. My blocks were different row sizes and my triangles did NOT ALL MEET in the same place when i had trimmed them to the same size. I was devastated. I threw all the blocks into the cupboard and left it there for 8 years. Made more quilts with friends and we helped each other and slowly learnt how to make points more perfect, etc. I have only recently found a quilter who finishes unfinished quilts and i took mine to her. It is now PROUDLY displayed on my bed and to be honest, with all the stunning colours, i even do not notice the bad flaws. I am trying to teach myself that it does not matter if it is not perfect. I have just finished a quilt for my 78 year old mom and i found one of my cream squares with a little design was upside down. It was near the centre of the quilt - i just laughed and left it there. To me, it IS PERFECT.