I strive for perfection but accept reality. I've learned to be easier on myself after sewing with a group. We quickly realized that to make a quilt, we had to accept the facts that we had different machines, different skill levels, and different ideas about perfection. Most of our fabrics were donations and didn't always play well together. But to get a donation quilt to its recipients, we needed to work together the best we could. That's helped me realize that in my own quilting process, the goal was for the recipient to be happy with it, rather than win an award. I've never had a recipient look at one of my quilts and say, "but those seams don't match perfectly!" I do try to keep bettering myself with my quilting process, but it's no hill to die on.