You're not supposed to work off of an edit, but to look at what was done, learn from it, any apply what you've learned.
oops I didn't know that's not allowed, I'm sorry. Tremulant, have I bothered you?
Around here, people rarely take offense as long as you realize you screwed up, lol <3
Seriously though, I think using edits only for reference is a practice you should bring with you all the time. If you don't, your final pieces will always become collaborations, and that's not the same thing as making it yourself, you know? So yeah

Glad you realized.