Yes, there are those that do amazing jobs of writing patterns and those that do not. I have learned my lesson and now I always read the pattern and adjust according to my preferences. I will not purchase patterns from unresponsive designers either, or those that nickel and dime you to death. I once had a kit that was for a full size quilt, when checking for pattern corrections before starting I see she had the same pattern in a queen size, so I bit the bullet and paid for the larger pattern. Imagine how peeved I was when the pattern simply said “add a border”! ##&*%! She lost a customer.