junegerbracht

I have been fortunate to always have instructors who make a sample before the class. I would be disappointed in a teacher who hadn't.

It's not just quilting patterns. I don't know how many times I have repeated incorrect crochet instructions before realizing that they were wrong and that I should have trusted my instincts and not automaticcaly think I was the one who made a mistake.

Friday1961

Sounds like Microsoft!

sandyquilts

The first quilt book I bought in 1975 had a pattern with a patch 1/2 inch off--thought I was loosing my mind until I measured.
As a quilt book author, I really vet my pattern, making sure they work. Told my editor that they had to be absolutely perfect or that I would pull the book. The galleys are where an author gets to do the final check. If it goes to press with errors, blame the author. She had a chance to make it right. And squaring up is not in my book of acceptable corrections. SandyQuilter (Correction still has not been made--I am SandyQuilter from Trophy Club, Texas)

QKO

Many block patterns can be recreated in EQ7. If you have it, it's often a good way to check for accuracy of patterns, free or otherwise. It's a good idea to check the accuracy of patterns before cutting, especially if they've been converted from or to metric.

CorgiNole

I purchased a block of the month a few years ago with the idea that this would be a great take along project to hand piece at ice hockey rinks/games (definitely a lasting project). Fortunately there was another person in the same group who was sewing the blocks as soon as they arrived as TWICE during the year we received surprise packages with extra fabric because something had been cut wrong or measured wrong - not sure if it was a store issue or a pattern issue. Just thankful that I'm not pulling the patterns out 2 years later to find that I don't have enough of a now out-of-print fabric to fix it.

Cheers, K

Geri B

there used to be a website where errors in book patterns were corrected, don't know about kits/LQS stuff.....unfortunately, I did not save the website for corrections, but I am sure someone out here has it....if so, please let us know........
I too feel if you pay the high price of a book, all instructions should be spot on. It happened to me once and I called the publisher and was compensated for the ruined fabric...........a phone call and some persistance sometimes works......

k9dancer

Thank goodness I don't use patterns. I look at a block (or blocks) that I want to use, draw it out, and then decide what size I want it to be. I do my own math and it works out fine. Yet another reason to make scrappy quilts.

Scraplady

I've never had this happen to me fortunately, but I was always surprised to see the number of corrections published in the magazines I used to subscribe to. It's understandable that mistakes occur once in a while, but they seem to crop up far too often. Just once I happened to notice a correction to a pattern I had intended to make but hadn't started yet. That time I was able to make a note of the changes, but what if I hadn't seen the correction or my subscription ran out and I never even got the correction?

oldtnquiltinglady

Yes, this has happened to me--but it didn't happen when I was aware of "computer corrections available to any quilter nowadays"--so I spent several days agonizing over it, scrapping the whole mess, and it's scattered among all my UFO stuff in my sewing room--probably bound for one of my sister's yard sales in 2013.....if I can find someone to help me do the down-sizing effort that is so desperately needed out there......by "out there" read that my sewing room is a building all to itself about 50 yards behind my house....

IBQLTN

This happens far too frequently. I no longer buy Indygo Junction patterns ... take a look at their corrections list!
http://www.indygojunction.com/shoppi...n-corrections/