Attention span - - -
 

After learning a new technique -

Do you feel that you have to "do something" with it?

or

Are you okay with - "Okay, I know how to do that" - and not "do something" with it?


I hate to admit I'm in the second group, but I am.

If I see a video on a new technique, it is usually the bit of knowledge that I need in order to finish a quilt.

I like to try them. If I like it I will usually "do something" with it. If I don't like it, I am satisfied just knowing that I can do it.

I don't necessarily have to 'do something' with a new technique or method but I do have to repeat it several times for it to 'stick' (pp'ing comes to mind). But I'm usually working on a new quilt when that situation applies so I suppose I do end up 'doing something' with it after all.

Oh, I have to do it multiple times these day for it to 'stick'. Then, when I get ready to use it again, if much time has passed, I have to look it up again..... Sad, really. .... :)

I like to try it on a practice block to make sure I have it right before I do it on a quilt.

I like learning new things, but I don't feel that I have to use them, maybe I will eventually. I went to a class on trapunto, I have no plans to use what I learnt but I enjoyed the class, and now I feel that I now have another skill if I ever feel that I might need it.

To me the fun is in the learning how not doing because I know how.

I think this is where I went wrong a long time ago. Every new class I took, I went wild with starting a new project using that skill. And those new skills usually require certain supplies and tools. And then the UFOs stack up. Well, some of you know the drill.....