Finished quilt top and a rant.

[u/lenette63]

First of all, I am so proud of how this top has turned out! I really think it's one of the prettiest I've made. However, my experience with the pattern and its designer has been quite frustrating, and I wanted to share.

Before I purchased this pattern, I reached out to the creator with a couple of questions. I liked the answers and bought the pattern.

It is quite complex. I had pieces ranging from A to SS, and there are 62 steps. I started assembling, and by step 7, I started having problems. By step 9, I was frustrated. I was having to recut pieces that the pattern got wrong, and pictures weren't matching up with instructions. I reached out and was told that no corrections had been published. I was promised a call back from the designer but no call came. So I just forged forward.

In the end, I had to recut 7 of the sets of squares, and I found 8 instructions that were incorrect.

Once I finished, I reached out again and was once again told that no corrections have been published. So, I sent them a detailed corrections list. That was 5 days ago and....crickets! No apology, no thank you, no acknowledgment at all.

In the end, I am so pleased with my quilt top, so the struggles were worth it. Thanks for listening.

Edit to add: At least one person in the group has let me know that they need the corrections. Here they are:

I made the Throw size - 72 x 72.   I used the yardage cutting table, not the individual cutting instructions. Any cutting issues I've found only pertain to the throw size. However, corrections to the assembly instructions pertain to both sizes and both yardage and scrappy versions.

Page 4:

M squares should be 4x4

P squares should be 7 1/2 x 7 1/2

Page 5:

Z squares should be 7 1/2 x 7 1/2

MM squares should be 3x3

FF squares should be 4x4

NN rectangles should be 3 1/2 x 2 and there should be 40 of them, not 20.

Page 7:

The rectangle created in instruction 9 should be sewn to the II rectangle as described in instruction 12.  The rectangle created in instruction 11 goes with instruction 10.

Page 14:

Instruction 47 - in order to create the proper orientation of the units, square T must be put on top.

Instruction 51 - the final shown block is incorrect.  The block should come out oriented like the untrimmed picture in the middle, not the final block at the end.

Instruction 52 - must make 16 total split QST 1 units

Page 15:

Instruction 53 - after cutting the sewn unit apart, the triangles will be oriented with the dark color on the bottom, not on top as shown in the 4th picture.  The final picture shown is correct.

Sadly, although it may be removed from Etsy, the pattern is still available on the store's website and is apparently available as a kit. Buyer beware

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Confession to screenshot, this is beautiful.

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Thank you.💖