You have it right. I can follow a pattern beautifully - could probably build a house if given a pattern - in fact I train adults to do their jobs and use their production software, customer service, etc, but I am lousy at trying to take a 3D item and turn it into a 2D pattern. MY DH and mom say it is a spacial thing for me. I just want something cheerful to put over the beat-up hard case cover when it is sitting out in an area that people walk through all the time at my home.