Do you put your full faith and trust in the Quilt patterns you purchase? We all assume that patterns have been tested and are correct for construction.
I've had some patterns that were very difficult and instructions that were confusing but up to this time, never one that was wrong. Read this post from Quilts in the Barn for some valuable information concerning magazine patterns.
Have you had this experience before?
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Oh, my. That is a very frightening story. I feel so sorry for the woman who tried so hard to make the pattern work. I've had extreme difficulties in getting blocks to fit or have something go very wrong, but they were all my fault. What a shame that the magazine made such a monumental mistake. It certainly drives home the need to make a practice block.
very interesting what is the point of sending her a proof copy then making those mistakes, and how many who tried to make the quilt blamed the designer I wonder when it was not her fault. I found an error in a bag I was trying to make from a book, they were very good and gave me the correct instructions but anyone else trying to make it will have the same problems. Sometimes you see corrections in magazines re mistakes in previous ones but if you do not buy all the magazines you will never know, magazines these days are quite pricey so they should at least get the information correct. Wonder how often it happens, probably quite often I think. Sorry seem to have prattled!
The Project Bags pattern is a bit confusing, and doesn't even list one of the items needed, until you are in the middle of making the handle. I've had other patterns that are not easy, too. I'm a visual person, so, if there are good photos, I can usually figure it out. The first 'professional' quilt class I ever took, I was sorely disappointed in. The teacher had her one line of fabrics and had written several quilt books. She started off the class with a trunk show, and kept saying that she didn't do mitered borders. I was a pretty new quilter at that point, and had already done 16 mitered border corners, learning how in a book. When we got to the pattern in the class, not all the directions were there. When we started asking the ladies around us, they said we should know what to do. Isn't the point of a class to 'learn' what to do, not expect the student to know about skipped directions??? Neither my friend or I ever did more than that single block. We never could get the teacher to come over and help us (about 40 ladies in the class, and she was too busy chatting with those that were fawning all over her). Now you know why I tend to design many of my quilts.
I made a shop sample using a pattern that had several math errors. I contacted the pattern writer assuming she would want to know and correct her pattern. I never heard back from her. I don't get that! A simple acknowledgement would have been nice. I have no idea if she fixed the mistakes or not.
I've never had a problem with a pattern but I've heard of lots of people who have.
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