Just finished reading this thread :
What you learn in a quilt class stays in the quilt class?
My quilting group made quilts together following a pattern from/by a local quilt shop owner. They all bought the pattern and made their own quilts with "some" guidance from a former employee (minimal at best).
While the quilts are lovely, the ladies hated the process of making them. One lady will "never" finish her top into a quilt because it was such a miserable process. She gave me her pattern when I admired the quilts. I didn't take part because it was the start of my two years of hell and wasn't attending sewing days. It is a very - as in extremely - horribly written pattern. So I can see why the ladies were disgusted/disappointed. The pattern was meant as a class at the store.
From the pictures of the finished quilts, I'm sure I can come up with better and simpler instructions and I do want to make this pattern. Can I do a pattern rewrite and give credit for the design to the creator?