Sewing

I have just read at least 20 blogs where creative people are telling me how they took something and repurposed it with very little direction and a whole lot of creativity and Voila - a beautiful new something. Me - I have tried very hard for a very long time to follow directions and use patterns appropriately. I am not an uncreative person, I just want things to fit the wearer, and well, while I experiment constantly while cooking (with good success), I suck at experimentation when sewing. My anal retentive side must be showing!