How many patterns have a mistake in the directions ?
01-18-2018, 09:15 AM
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With paper piecing, I do mine with freezer paper ironed on to the back of fabric, so I make a mirror image of the pattern. Perhaps that's the reason why your pattern is. Certainly, though, the makers should explain that.
01-18-2018, 11:13 AM
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Same thing with recipes. Used to be you got recipes from cookbooks, which were all kitchen-tested and proof-read for accuracy. Now anybody can post any recipe they want on the internet. Drives me crazy when it says 1/2 of this or 1/4 of that. 1/4 what - teaspoon?? cup?? Come on.
01-18-2018, 01:14 PM
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I haven't bought any books in years other than Bonnie Hunters, but if I bought/buy a book I go to the publisher and/or makers website and look in errata
http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2005/07/errata.html
print out and tape on the pattern page.
People are human
http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2005/07/errata.html
print out and tape on the pattern page.
People are human
01-18-2018, 01:50 PM
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Contact the designer & let them know. Often they have a place on their website for corrections. They appreciate you finding it and try to fix ASAP.
01-18-2018, 02:10 PM
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All of them? 
I find too many errors. Connecting Threads is notorious for them...I called one time because there was no errata page or correction for a pattern I had. Oh the attitude!!! It took me forever to get through to them that there were two HUGE errors in the pattern....they still haven't fixed it. I offered the solution and they still didn't care. The main girl I spoke to insisted I was wrong. The pattern is no longer available. Hmph...
I find too many errors. Connecting Threads is notorious for them...I called one time because there was no errata page or correction for a pattern I had. Oh the attitude!!! It took me forever to get through to them that there were two HUGE errors in the pattern....they still haven't fixed it. I offered the solution and they still didn't care. The main girl I spoke to insisted I was wrong. The pattern is no longer available. Hmph...
01-18-2018, 02:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Onebyone
Not from my experience in asking about a possible mistake in a pattern. No appreciation bringing it to their attention, just the opposite. Now I don't bother, just don't buy their patterns or books anymore.
01-18-2018, 03:11 PM
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This is why you should always make a test block.
More importantly, if you bought a kit, use fabric from your stash to make the test block. If there is a problem, you don't want to run out of the kit's fabric.
More importantly, if you bought a kit, use fabric from your stash to make the test block. If there is a problem, you don't want to run out of the kit's fabric.
01-18-2018, 07:51 PM
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It surprises me at the number of errors in patterns for not only quilting but knitting & crochet as well. They are supposed to have several testers to test the patterns before they are published. You would think at least one of them would find the error & bring it to the authors attention.
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