I didn't understand the need to be so "squared up" and often just stuck my borders on after doing a good job squaring up blocks and other parts, until I started LAQing. Wow! After spending so much time with the piecing, doesn't everyone want a nice, flat, pucker-free finished quilt? One other thing to think about--make sure if you provide the backing to the LAQ, that you have cut it square--part of the reason that the LAQ asks for extra backing/batting(besides the quilting process and pinning to the frame leaders)to to provide enough backing if they need to square it up and still have enough fabric!