My quilting story. I've always enjoyed piecing more than quilting. And when I started had enough money to quilt by check. Then, as I developed my own style, there was no longarmer who could quilt my style. So I dug in to quilt twin and less sizes. My piecing skills were great. My quilting skills didn't do the piecing justice, but I persevered. Donation quilts are now LA. Art quilts are on the domestic machine where I have more control.
Years later, I found a UFO (you know how they can hide), one of my first quilts. It was done by an amateur. I forced myself to be an amateur to quilt it.
So finished is better than perfect. Skills of piecing and quilting grow together as both are done at the same time, not years later.