I'll be honest. My philosophy is finished is better than perfect. I machine bind all the quilts I don't birth and I piece with whatever color thread I have in the bobbin. I quilt with a color that loks good all across the quilt top, usually a variegated, and something on back that looks good even if it doesn't blend in.
A couple of Christmases ago, I made a tablerunner for a dear friend of mine. After it was all piced, quilted and bound, my then 16 yo DD shows me where you can see the selvedge edge of one of the fabrics. I still gifted it anyway and the recipient loved it anyway and still thanks me for it when we see each other. That table runner was as close to perfect as I'll ever get and it was more about therapy for me than perfection in quilting but it was relatively perfect - minus the selvedge edge.
