Now,now, don't be coy! Just own up. :lol: :lol: :lol:

That is what my hubby says when he is putting things together.

LOL...me too

To FOLLOW directions if a lot less heartache and time.

I always follow directions so I can save my seam riper Ha!!!

I generally don't follow the directions either. Too often I've found real mistakes that wouldn't have been fixable after or I have a different way of assembling a block than the one used.

:lol: :lol: and to think most of the time we just blame men for 'never reading the directions' -- aahhhh the secrets we so often hide :roll: :cry: ;-)

I read the directions before starting and sometimes think "Why do it that way? It would be easier and makes more sense to me to do it this way." Sometimes my way works better for me than the directions. Occasionally not. But I swear for a lot of McCall's, Simplicity, Butterick, etc patterns I think someone writes the direction who has never seen a sewing machine, much less sewed a stitch!

Picture reading usually works for me

I always say...if all else fails, read directions..
And I often resort to just that theory.