I don't aim for perfection either, but like Klue, if I sew something and I know I can do it better, I rip. Sometimes I just cannot understand where or how I made that mistake and then try to reason it out. But, if I get too up close and strive too long or pay too much attention to detail, I feel like I am forcing the quilt and it shows. When I first started to quilt, I went to Goodwill and bought a huge garbage bag full of fabric for two bucks. I was sooo happy every day sewing merrily away--really excited. Uh--I did not know points were supposed to meet and seams were to be matching up. Neither did I pay attention to the type of fabric--polyesthers mixed in there with wovens etc. I still have that quilt top and it is placed in the trunk of the car to protect the upholstry. Since then, I have learned a lot, I now consider myself a middle school beginner.