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Originally Posted by gramquilter2
(Post 5967322)
Because of mistakes in the pattern or my errors, I have learned to buy a little more of the fabric than required. I know that is not possible if you buy a kit but have bought fat quarters of the fabric if they still have it. Scissor Queen is your avatar a scissor quilt or a picture of all your scissors?
My avatar is a picture of a few pairs of my scissors laid out on a piece of white velvet. |
Originally Posted by carrieg
(Post 5967330)
I took a 1 day class at my lqs awhile ago from a visiting teacher. We did not get the quilt done in that time. I will never buy another 1 of her patterns, even tho the LQS classes she teaches look so pretty. It was a complicated pattern but mistakes! And she said she'd answer all emails and never did. The cutting instructions said to cut 13" squares - from 1/3 yard of fabric. I DID finish that quilt tho!
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Reading this thread has made me decide to NEVER buy a kit! And if I buy a pattern,I'll check the yardage suggestions by putting the design into EQ7. What a bummer to not have enough fabric. I can manage to do that all by myself - I don't need a pattern designer to do it for me!
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Shortly after I bean quilting, I purchased an accuquilt cutter, the instructions for one of their patterns required TWICE as much fabric as was reallly needed, I still have a lot of those cuts that were not used in the original quilt. BTW sold the accuquilt as I hated it and not for the misitake.
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I have a friend that workes at a big box fabric/craft store and she is going to teach their quilting/sewing classes. Thank goodness the first set of classes last month, no one took them. She has called me with the patterns that she has to make before the class. There has been mistakes in everyone of them. One called to cut 3" wof of fabric and when it came to use it, the wanted a 5 1/2" of the fabric. The worse is she cannot fix the problems, only their store HQ can. And they charge for the class and the materials. Some people and places sould not be teaching quilting.
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Originally Posted by Nammie to 7
(Post 5964404)
Some patterns really assume you know a lot about quilting. Anymore I take the instructions out of the package and read them completely to see how complete the instructions are.
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Originally Posted by Wonnie
(Post 5967024)
Go to Indygojunction.com if you want to see pattern corrections!!! Go to the bottom of the page and see "Pattern Corrections" and click on it...you'll be amazed! I no longer purchase from them.
Wow. What a long list of patterns with errors....now I know why I have only purchased one of their patterns, as if I recall correctly I never finished the project...I will have to check my pattern box :) Judy in Phx, AZ |
Got a purse pattern that I could have written better clearer instructions. It was so bad. It happens. Also pattern companies have really messed up on theirs. I feel sorry for people that don't know how to sew & try to make some of theses. They are so unclear.
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Originally Posted by Nammie to 7
(Post 5964404)
Some patterns really assume you know a lot about quilting. Anymore I take the instructions out of the package and read them completely to see how complete the instructions are.
I did one recently that had panels that were so close together there was barely a seam allowance at all, much less a quarter inch between the pictures on the panel. I decided I had to do something because the quilt would be washed a lot, so I ironed thin interfacing on the backs of each block before I stitched them to the borders that were required. Meantime, I am keeping my fingers crossed that the cloth will not ravel. |
OK, so I did not read closely. You are talking about purchased patterns and I had in mind a quilt kit. I am not sure I like kits at all.
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