why I try for precision and accuracy with my piecing projects
Because I am easily frustrated when things do not line up properly.
Things go together so much better when:
The fabric is properly prepared before cutting it - for me, it has been washed and ironed.
Grain lines matter to me.
I have done the test strips so I know that my current cutting line up ( ruler and where/ how I line it up) and needle setting will yield the expected result.
The blocks are all approximately (within 1/8 inch) the expected size.
It just goes together so much more easily if it is " right" from the start.
The reason for the carefulness now is because of some pathetic results in the past.
I can "fudge" with the best of them. I just prefer not to.
By the way - there have been times when " good enough" was left the way it was. It did bother me. - but not quite enough to do it over.
I do not put in any deliberate mistskes - God knows there are always a few unintended ones in anything I make - no matter how much care I put into a project.