When I first started quilting I picked up every old quilt magazine I could find. One of them from the 80's had an article about an award winning quilter in Kansas or Nebraska (senior moment). He was in his 80's and had been quilting since the 30's. Turned out he was trained as an engineer (like John Flynn). His wife had made a quilt and he informed her that the points weren't perfectly matched. She replied (paraphrased) "If you think you can do better, go for it." He won the state fair blue ribbons several times for his quilts over the years.