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#41
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Jozefow, Poland
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Thanks for the heads up.
I also would have assumed that the KIT would include the pattern.
Yikes. I've never heard of any other craft just having a certain number of precut pieces without instructions. (Think model car kits, model ship kits, cross stitch kits, etc).
I'd have been livid, actually.
But then, I've never bought a quilting kit, obviously...
I also would have assumed that the KIT would include the pattern.
Yikes. I've never heard of any other craft just having a certain number of precut pieces without instructions. (Think model car kits, model ship kits, cross stitch kits, etc).
I'd have been livid, actually.
But then, I've never bought a quilting kit, obviously...
Last edited by justflyingin; 04-01-2015 at 11:58 PM.
#43
Every kit I have purchased contains the pattern. I don't think it is a "kit" without the pattern! I have had the patterns not be the same as the picture on the front of the kit package though - and of course I got the kit while I was driving through Texas and by the time I figured out the patterns for half of the stars pictured on the front of the kit were not there, I was no longer in Texas. Needless to say, that quilt had never been finished and I will never shop at that quilt shop again since when I called to ask about it, they didn't care and had no suggestions to correct the problem...just an attitude of "yeah, so what?". I don't buy kits any more now, unless it is from my LQS where I can go physically and talk to the owner if there is a problem and I know she will make it right.
#44
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Alabama
Posts: 15,368
Although it is not a quilt shop, the store I work at has a great register "prompt". If it is applicable, when you ring up some items, the register says, "Lid (or whatever) is sold separately". Saves on problems when you get home.
#48
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Here and there
Posts: 1,669
I absoutely agree with you. If I buy a model airplane kit or a model car kit, the instructions (patterns) are included with the materials in the box. If I buy balsa wood or plastic parts separately, I expect to buy the instructions separately. A quilt "kit" is no more than separate pieces of fabric in a bag with a picture on it if it does not include the pattern. Such a collection does not qualify as a "kit." I would be very hesitant to do business with a shop owner, whether a LQS or an on-line business, if the owner operates on the motto "Let the buyer beware!" froggyintexas
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