huntersgrammie: I don't have many problems with cutting but I can't follow pattern instructions because they aren't worded precisely enough for me (my brain comes up with does that mean this or that?), so I obviously don't DO patterns. But I can look at pictures and figure out the pattern for many that I want to do. I'm not alone in this and it may be that you'll never be able to follow patterns well. I also have taken classes and had the instructors get tired of my detailed questions. My daughter has this same problem: if there are two possible ways to read instructions she has to stop, go onto the internet to try to find which way to do it, or wing it and hope to get it right. I even wrote two answers to a question when I was in college because I was trying to skip taking a required class and after I wrote the first answer I reread the question and suddenly wondered if I gotten it right. So I explained I didn't know if (a) possibility was meant or (b) possibility. I passed! So I don't think it is dumbness, I think it is the way some people's brains work. Dyslexics tend to have this problem frequently when people use vague words. I took a class to learn how to use my EQ design program but the rest of the class happily followed the teacher's instructions and the teacher got tired of my "do you mean this, or this?" questions. I still have a lot of fun quilting "my way". Someone told me that not watching popular TV programs is part of the problem because I'm not "up" on the current lingo! Happy quilting!
Last edited by Sierra; 11-26-2012 at 08:02 AM.