In quilting and other things in life, ask why and try!
If you can figure out something on your own go ahead and try it, there may be reasons for some of the things we do but there are a lot of things we do just because. I've been quilting some 40+ years and it is so easy to get stuck in a rut but I'm constantly pushing myself to try new things which doesn't necessarily mean more difficult and sometimes the new techniques are better, faster, and easier.
This past year I've tried not ironing my continuously cut French binding in half first due to a thread here. I'm sort of meh about the results, don't have any more or less problems putting on the binding (but I use a slightly wider than normal binding) and I like storing it ironed better. I already know from years of trying that I do prefer to make my bindings on bias and although my hand skills are slow and lacking, I'm happiest with the finish when I blind stitch on the back at the end.
Also I made a top in a way and with fabrics that I never would have used, and it was a fun and happy project that came out fine.
My hardest thing to learn is that at this point I don't have to plan out everything the way I had to when I started, it helps that since I mostly work with scraps I can always cut a few more pieces. Some of us are more over the OCD line in our quilting while other people frolic with improvisational techniques. I was recently gifted a large box of precut squares of various sizes and am making two tops out of them. Thanks to board members here for the ideas I'm using! With one of the sets of squares I didn't even know what size of a block it would finish to before I made one -- that's just wild and crazy stuff coming from me who usually has a graph pad and an Electric Quilt project made before the fabric is cut.