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#22
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Posts: 939
I agree. They should have asked at checkout if you wanted the pattern to go with the material.
#23
Super Member
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Midwest
Posts: 5,051
I recently purchased my first kit. And the pattern was a separate purchase. I guess that I did not find it curious. I found that the kit saved me from having to figure out the fabric for this particular project. Easy. I don't understand the need to substitute fabrics even if i may not care for one or two. They compliment the others, but that is me. I paid for convenience.
yes, the shop should "remind" the buyer to purchase the kit pattern. Perhaps this assumes that the buyer may already have the patten, otherwise? Hmm....multiple kits...1 pattern needed? I dunno.
sandy
yes, the shop should "remind" the buyer to purchase the kit pattern. Perhaps this assumes that the buyer may already have the patten, otherwise? Hmm....multiple kits...1 pattern needed? I dunno.
sandy
#26
Super Member
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Delaware
Posts: 1,027
I work in a shop and we found many already had the pattern and only wanted the fabric kit. This happened so many times, we now do not include patterns with some of the kits. We do have a few kits that include patterns under special circumstances. As employees, we try very hard to make sure when someone buys a kit to ask if they have the pattern. I am sure, when we have been very busy, we may have missed asking. On a personal note: if I am purchasing a kit I feel it is my responsibility to ask what is included in the price. Is the pattern included, backing, etc. What am I paying for?
#29
I don't buy kits. Too may times I've heard people say that they were short a piece or two or that the pattern was not there. Besides, I always buy extra fabric so I am sure I have all I need. It would be like buying a new jigsaw puzzle and get it all put together and you were missing the last piece. Headache!!
#30
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: JAX
Posts: 673
I don't buy kits -- always select patterns and fabrics myself so everything is original. BUT, if I did, I would expect a kit to include everything needed to complete the project, including the pattern. Otherwise it should be marked "fabric for completing this-and-such kit" or similar wording.
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