My corners look good only because I do the cheater binding thing... I have yet to try to do real binding and am afraid of it now!!
I keep to simple things that I can do well as I do not want to send anything to someone that seems not well done... that's all I worry of. There are so many quilters on this board that make things that scare the beejeezus out of me!! I just don't want someone to feel shirked by my beginner skills....