I love this thread because I can so relate to it. Despite cutting so very carefully and measuring everything 2-3-4 times my seams still don't match up and my points are off and I can't stitch in a ditch to save my life. By the time I get to the end of the quilt I'm ready to give up and just want to be done with it. I still can't figure out why when I put 5 carefully cut 4x4 squares next to each other they are all different sizes, each off by a 1/16"or 1/8" or so.
Yet I love to quilt so I keep on going. I love picking out the fabric, finding a pattern, seeing how everything falls into place when the squares join one another to make larger squares. And when it's all put together and put on top of the bed or wrapped around someone on a cold winter's night the little imperfections aren't noticeable. In fact, I can see many places where I have perfect points. I'm nowhere confident enough to make a quilt as a gift but have made table toppers and other items as gifts.