Originally Posted by luvspaper
Actually yes, I have checked her website....honestly her patterns are for the very advance quilters who can go on limited directions. No, I have not emailed her.
If the basic instructions are terrible including fabric yardage, it scares me to even try..... The one I have is "listen with your eyes" -- it is a gorgeous quilt! I bought it at IQF in Houston last year. I have bought a Judy Niemeyer for about the same cost and her directions are 1000 times better.
It's sad because Be Colourful has some amazing quilt designs.....
I have contacted and comunicated with the designer, but becasue of the launguage barier its her husband ( who does the transalations for her patterns) that replies. The answer was "we are working on it".
Having been quilting for over 40 years , when I purchase a patten its because I do not want to take the time to draft it myself. and am looking for someone else to to some of the thinking for me , for a change. It is enourmously agravating to spend the big bucks , and have terms that do not even apply to the quilt pattern. For example it called for "insert piping" in the
directions when there was no piping in the quilt nor would piping in that part make any sense at all. It was clearly a translation issue but was left with a very real lack of confidence in the whole pattern. It could have been avoided on the designers part if someone who has any skills would have reviewed the instructions.
When I am spending the big bucks for a pattern , I also have the expectation the designer would have included any tips they used/learned for making the quilt.
Bottom line I will spend the big bucks for a pattern but will not buy another from that designer if the first one was a bad experience.