I have been to a few quilt shows and they aren't perfect and some quilts that I do like block of the month the pictures of the blocks and of the completed quilt are not perfect by any means. Also our LQS got a sample of a quilt in and it was not perfect and it was done by a professional - that is when I started being less hard on myself and with each quilt I am getting better and am happier with my quilts. I will never be perfect but to be honest no one is.