A rant about bad quilt directions

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10-25-2010, 09:19 AM

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JNCT14

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Well I took Dellareya's advice and just wrote to the company. Let's see how they respond!

10-25-2010, 09:26 AM

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caquiltingdeb

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Good for you, as a novice quilter I'd look at something like that and lament that I'd wasted $8.00.

10-25-2010, 10:49 AM

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Therese

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Sooooo true!!!!! :) About geometry, that is. I would have paid alot more attention!

10-25-2010, 11:08 AM

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plainpat

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One reason I also gave up on poorly written patterns was because of cost. I had way too many that wouldn't work,both for blocks & tote bags.One of my pet peeves is a quilt pattern that doesn't give block component sizes.I like to measure as I go....or need to that is.Now,I'm liberated.The patterns on line can be read,saved/not saved.....for free. There are more on line than I could ever make, so not buying patterns anymore !!!!!!

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Originally Posted by pocoellie

Flying geese and the New York block sound like you would be able to make that into paper piecing blocks. It's not hard at all, otherwise those are odd measurements.

Yes I am going to have to do that - if I tried from their directions, I would NEVER be able to make the block! Trouble is, without the overall dimensions, I am going to have to guess, or use graph paper to figure it out. This is ridiculous - we pay the money to make these and then can't! What UP with that????