Always said I wouldn't, but I did! (Again)
09-25-2017, 06:15 AM
#31
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Thanks for the good laugh. The truth is that we all have some barriers to overcome. You have already stepped beyond the pseudo guilt and preconceived barrier to making anything that is not your idea. Go with it and enjoy the new freedom. Think of your kit the same way you think of a cake mix and enjoy it.
09-25-2017, 06:26 AM
#32
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I also "almost always" change a pattern. I never buy patterns unless it's required in a class. The last class, I changed it a lot and won first place at the show.
So, if I were you, I would change something on it, just to make yourself feel better. I can understand where you are coming from. You need to do this.
And be sure and read all the other posts on this thread. There is lots to learn here.
09-25-2017, 06:46 AM
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09-25-2017, 07:22 AM
#35
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Yes, of course, I try to always solve the problem myself and call for help only if needed. Like I was taught way back: You wouldn't copy someone else's Math problem answers, or someone else's English essay, so don't copy someone else's pattern. Still thinking create or copy. So will do it my way, not to prove a point, just to make it better with other colors or whatever I like, while still using the designer's pattern. That will make me happy for sure. 
Guess I should delete this post as it is not making some of you happy. Sorry 
Guess I should delete this post as it is not making some of you happy. Sorry
09-25-2017, 08:17 AM
#36
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Sometimes I buy a kit and use the fabric for a different project and the pattern for my fabric choices. Not done intentionally but have bought a kit and put it away, found it and liked the fabric for a project I was working on at the time but not for what I purchased it for. This just happened last week, I wanted to do a fall table runner and was searching for the perfect backing and found it in a kit I purchased a few years back that I never did. Used some of the fabric and found better suited (for my taste) for the kit.
09-25-2017, 10:57 AM
#40
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The original pattern and fabric selection is what attracted you to this kit in the first place! Make the kit. Gift or donate it if you really can't live with it. But you'll have the pattern to make as you please with your own fabric selection next time
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