Originally Posted by waltonalice

I’m answering BelfreyBat, sewbizgirl, Givio, and Sandra-P about Bonnie’s admonition this morning.
Like several of you, I hadn’t heard about the GI problem. I certainly understand the issue of her blog’s income being dependent on the number of visitors; that explains why she insists on having people go directly to her site and asks the rest of us to refrain from making copies.
I also understand that this is a mystery, so we should avoid spoiling the surprise for others.
Sandra mentioned that we shouldn’t refer to the number of units, but Bonnie specifically says “make 50 four patches.” It is true that many of us use scraps, which are not width of fabric. However, there are many new quilters or people who feel uneasy about their math skills. I saw one entry that said that one would need a ratio of one unit of brown, four units of teal, and five units of coral for clue one. That was incorrect; another person noted that we should use the same number of coral and teal and that we would need two WOF browns and 8 of teal and coral to make 50 units. This is important information for those who have limited fabric.
I wish that Bonnie would either give generalized information like this, not gag us from sharing the info with newbies, or give us an easy way to ask for specific help. The fact that she’s so busy means that she’d be overwhelmed, so I wish that she had some forum specifically dedicated to some of the common problems that we encounter. I certainly don’t want to go against her wishes/instructions, but I also want to see a place for people to get that little bit of extra info that they need in order not to tun out of fabric.