It has been quite a day. I spent Monday evening cutting out templates and fabric to make the Teddy Bear from Joel Dewberry’s book, Sewn Spaces. I had planned on that being a good Layla and Mommy project for today. I decided when I got up this morning I would read over all the instructions...
I think its safe to say I’m obsessed with Oliver + S patterns. This is my third dress for Layla in a month, and next week I’ll be making another. I can’t stop, people! This is the Oliver + S Jump Rope Dress. I’ve made the “B” version, and modified it by added the short,...
If you are consistent follower of my blog, then you have surely seen me make mention of Leisl Gibson’s book, Little Things to Sew. After having her daughter, Leisl found she was very displeased with the pattern selections available, and having worked as a designer for top international brands such as Tommy Hilfiger and Ralph Lauren, she...
I’m sorry this is late. I know its Thursday! I had people over until past midnight last night, so I didn’t get a chance to write this up! Tonight’s feature is Anne Taintor, a wonderful brand that produces a variety of products featuring vintage photos brought to a new light with satirical captions. I love...
As you know, I recieved a bundle of Little Folks by Anna Maria Horner on Monday. This gorgeous line is made of the softest cotton voile, making it perfect for babies. This fabric is also wider than typical quilting cotton at 54″! I love that this line is saturated with that “AM color” that no...
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The bear is totally cute! And THANK YOU for being so honest about the pattern. So many independent patterns that come out now really do have a lot of problems, but bloggers always feel like they have to gloss over that or blame it on themselves. It’s not being mean, it’s just holding these designers to a higher standard, which is what we should be doing, I think.
I was so sure I was going to get a ton of comments telling me how mean I am to say that a popular designer’s pattern is wrong. And as frustrating it might be for a person to realize that their [published] work is off, it really is frustrating for the person sewing the pattern to follow it like Gospel only to find out it is all wrong.
I plan on making a few of the other patterns in the book, just so I can see if its a problem throughout the book, or if he was just wrong about the bear pattern. At that point, I’ll certainly post a detailed review of my findings, just so I can be as fair as possible and let people know what they’re getting if they choose to purchase the book.
I found your post because I just cut out the main pieces of my bear–and am already about to scream. The pattern pieces do say ‘front’ and ‘back’ now (I recently got the book, it must be a new edition/printing). But with a yard of fabric rather than the called-for 3/4, I could not get the pieces to fit on-grain as I wanted them to. I have been scouring the web for errata with no luck. Thanks for the heads ups on the other issues, I will be doing this slow and super carefully :(