I have been really lucky to belong to a small quilting group with some very talented quilters, they have gotten me out of a few binds when there are mistakes. One of them is super good at just looking at a pattern and able to figure how to best to put it together. She has resized a number of patterns for us. I can handle patterns being wrong better than I handle buying a kit and having it short fabric---this has happend a couple of times to me.