If you would have a good cheese, and have'n old, You must turn'n seven times before he is cold.

The proverb makes early attention part of producing cheese that is good enough to keep. Its instruction is to turn the cheese seven times before it cools, rather than leave that work until later.

More broadly, it presents a good result as the product of timely, repeated care. The moment for shaping an outcome may pass before the outcome itself can be judged.

Use it to emphasize doing necessary work early, while it can still affect the result. The image is particularly apt for a task that needs repeated attention rather than a single final adjustment.