I have to claim the monthly dumbest award. It is funny to me now, but when I realized what I had done... I've been sewing for over 40 years and while I can't claim to be the best seamstress I have had many successful projects. So to make a quilted Halloween bib for my new great nephew I carefully cut the pattern out, cut the batting, prepared the fusible face pieces and wondered why the bib was so tiny. Just as I was about to crawl into bed I realized why the bib was so tiny. There, in small print, it said "Please increase the pattern to 125%." All is not lost as I will give the tiny bib to my one month old great niece and the correct one to my nephew. Just proves that they write the instructions for a purpose. I guess I could attribute the goof to a senior citizen moment, but it just proves that following directions can save a lot of headaches. So is that dumb or what? I know, it is the altitude here in Colorado.