Originally Posted by
tngal22
I am with the above poster. I try to do it from pictures but if I can't or it seems too complex, then I will buy a pattern.
That's my feeling too. So many times you see something and it would be very easy to either duplicate or make something similar. And sometime, i do duplicate it. But if its going to take me hours and hours to draft a pattern just to prove I can do it, I just go ahead and get the pattern. I'm generally happy to buy a pattern because I know someone has worked out the details, and especially of its a small pattern company, I feel like I'm helping someone earn a living.