I, too, will be following your process and watching for your results with great interest.
Once in a while one does get a wonderful piece of fabric that is "close to perfect" - and it is almost impossible to mess it up.
If that is a beginner's first experience - then it would be difficult to convince him/her that any of these other steps are necessary/useful.
A bit like a someone hitting a big jackpot the first time they put a quarter into the slot machine.