Oh girlfriend - we are soul mates. My husband doesn't understand me either, as there are times I will patch things or shorten pants (my nemesis - hate it - absolutely hate it) I would rather make a full size garment than shorten pants. BUT, give me a large piece of fabric and I can cut it apart with the best of them and sew them back together. Once, when I had just started this new job, they took me out to lunch and one attorney asked me if I played golf. I told him my son did in high school and was pretty good, but I could never understand how anyone can hit a ball and then run around the golf course chasing it. Well, was my face red when he told me he played golf. Fortunately, I had a quick comeback - I told him, well, I get large pieces of fabric, cut them up into smaller pieces of fabric and sew them together into large pieces of fabric, which was similar in a way. He laughed. lol When one of my brothers passed away, my sister-in-law gathered up all his old jeans and another SIL taught how she could sew them together to make each of her 4 kids a quilt that would be part of their father. I think that's a great use of those old jeans and the kids had a remembrance, so they could hold him close.