How far should one go? And who needs to know??
This is sort of a tangent of the Perfect or Imperfect thread...
I longarm a lot of quilts for our day guild. I charge nothing to do this service. In fact, I supply the batting (poly) and backing (usually a sheet), and often also bind the quilt. We donate to the local Abuse Shelter, Project Linus and to a couple of churches in our area.
We have some amazing piecers in our group....and some that have amazing vision but not such great execution. Right now, I have this beautiful top made up of several different sized blocks separated by various sized sashing, that is terribly out of whack. I 'thought' I had identified the problem and took off a border on the side that was 2 inches longer, shortened it to match the other side, and re-attached, easing in the fullness...which threw something else out of whack, to the point that there didn't seem to be any other easy solution to the problem.
I thought for a long time and decided that the design and fabrics were so pretty that it was worth my time and effort, to open and adjust the size of the blocks and sashings--mostly the sashings.
Am I doing wrong by the piecer, in fixing the techical issues in her top? I will never tell her and I will keep the same placement of blocks (took lots of pictures first). The quilting will be much easier because I won't have to try making a trapezoid into a rectangle and it will go to a local church for a Mother's Day silent auction fundraiser.