Great advice. It's worth the extra time and effort to do it well. My mother used to say 'Do it right the first time or do it again.' Sometimes in quilting it's again and again. :)

Never heard of this saying. It is great!!!

Certainly heard it when growing up, nice reminder. I think it might have been one of those sayings that people would write in other's autograph books as well.

I went to Catholic School, also, and was taught this, too! Everything LIKE this was ingrained in our brains!!!

Alice, I think we could be sisters! Wouldn't be room for us in the same house, however. I keep trying to throw things out but after I do I think of a use for them.

Did anyone ever hear: Lick your calf over? (redo your job) or It isn't what you say but how you say it? (don't cuss or use slang)

Love the good, better, best phrase. I had never heard that.

My home ec teacher told us that when a garment is made it should be made so that it could be worn inside out - finish those seams and cut the tails of thread. (she meant it too)

My mom was always telling me to lick my calf over. That was a favorite of hers. Also, the one about how you say it is more than what you say. You can feel the person's feelings by the way they say it.

Yes, indeed. Learned it in 1st or 2nd grade. It's appropriate for everything we endeavor to do in life.

The thing is that 'best' doesn't mean 'perfect'. Best refers to your own best, not someone elses best. None of us are exactly alike, so our 'bests' won't be alike either, and our best will change over time. Looking back at my first quilt tops and the ones I make now, I can see that my 'best' 6 years ago is not as good as my 'best' now. But it was still my best for my level of experience at the time.

We were taught the "good, better, best" jingle in grade school to help us remember that 'gooder' and 'goodest' aren't words.

True, but it was also a grammer lesson!