I am willing to try new ideas. I took a Judy Niemeyer class and completed a Glacier Star. I enjoyed it, but decided that paper piecing as a regular thing is not for me. I started a Farmer's Wife and bought all the templates, and am still working on them. I don't enjoy using templates, but am not sorry I tried them. I'd rather cut with my rotary cutter. I took a free-motion quilting class, but really don't enjoy that. It's just as well; I have absolutely no space for a longarm anyway. I heard that many of the famous quilters "quilt by check" and decided that what I really enjoy is completing a top and having someone else quilt it for me. I am happy and that is what matters.