Join the club. Last Christmas, worked my butt off to make a "perfect" tablerunner. HA!!!! I didn't notice the selvage edge showing (just a smidge) on the runner until after the quilting was fginished. I let it go - had to. DH helpfully said he had noticed as I was sewing it all together but thought I had wanted it that way. It's ok that it was gifted as is and my girlfriend was absolutley floored that I had made it for her and she loved it. Her hubbyoved it, too.