You are right quilting is personal and as long as I'm happy with it that is all that matters. I have a long arm and usually do meandering and have started making some patterns not perfect but works for me. The great thing about the board is the help. I had a quilt on my long arm and realized the borders were really really wavy asked what to do and in a few minutes some suggestions and now unless you measure it you wouldn't know it isn't square. Just enough what you are doing.