Go Back  Quiltingboard Forums >
  • Main
  • How many patterns  have a mistake in the directions ? >
  • How many patterns have a mistake in the directions ?

  • How many patterns have a mistake in the directions ?

    Thread Tools
     
    Old 01-18-2018, 05:31 AM
      #11  
    Power Poster
     
    SusieQOH's Avatar
     
    Join Date: Jul 2017
    Location: Central Ohio
    Posts: 15,255
    Default

    I don't know the answer but I do know that Missouri Star is a great place to do business with. They get most of mine!!! Very personalized service !!
    SusieQOH is offline  
    Old 01-18-2018, 05:41 AM
      #12  
    Super Member
     
    Join Date: Jun 2011
    Location: Illinois
    Posts: 9,018
    Default

    Didn't know msqc is offering free pattern on 4x4 design......is it on website?
    Geri B is offline  
    Old 01-18-2018, 09:15 AM
      #13  
    Super Member
     
    Join Date: Mar 2010
    Location: Ridgefield WA
    Posts: 7,765
    Default

    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.
    Kitsie is offline  
    Old 01-18-2018, 11:13 AM
      #14  
    Super Member
     
    Join Date: May 2011
    Location: Pacific NW
    Posts: 9,591
    Default

    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.
    Peckish is offline  
    Old 01-18-2018, 01:14 PM
      #15  
    Super Member
     
    KalamaQuilts's Avatar
     
    Join Date: May 2011
    Location: SW Washington USA
    Posts: 4,542
    Default

    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
    KalamaQuilts is offline  
    Old 01-18-2018, 01:50 PM
      #16  
    Power Poster
    Thread Starter
     
    Join Date: Jan 2011
    Location: Southern USA
    Posts: 16,548
    Default

    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.
    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.
    Onebyone is offline  
    Old 01-18-2018, 02:10 PM
      #17  
    Member
     
    boykinsmommy's Avatar
     
    Join Date: Sep 2015
    Location: New England
    Posts: 80
    Default

    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...
    boykinsmommy is offline  
    Old 01-18-2018, 02:12 PM
      #18  
    Member
     
    boykinsmommy's Avatar
     
    Join Date: Sep 2015
    Location: New England
    Posts: 80
    Default

    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.
    Exactly my experience too...don't care and treat you like your stupid and wrong and you obviously have no idea what on earth you're talking about.
    boykinsmommy is offline  
    Old 01-18-2018, 03:11 PM
      #19  
    Senior Member
     
    HouseDragon's Avatar
     
    Join Date: Jul 2012
    Location: Kaua`i
    Posts: 616
    Default

    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.
    HouseDragon is offline  
    Old 01-18-2018, 07:51 PM
      #20  
    Super Member
     
    Gail B's Avatar
     
    Join Date: Apr 2010
    Location: Smoky Lake, Alberta, Canada - Coolidge, AZ
    Posts: 1,638
    Default

    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.
    Gail B is offline  
    Related Topics
    Thread
    Thread Starter
    Forum
    Replies
    Last Post
    Teeler
    Main
    34
    03-21-2013 12:07 AM
    pollyjvan9
    Main
    87
    08-10-2012 02:29 PM
    qwltnfool
    Main
    2
    01-06-2012 04:00 PM

    Posting Rules
    You may not post new threads
    You may not post replies
    You may not post attachments
    You may not edit your posts

    BB code is On
    Smilies are On
    [IMG] code is On
    HTML code is On
    Trackbacks are Off
    Pingbacks are Off
    Refbacks are Off



    FREE Quilting Newsletter