Gertie’s was the first sewing blog I ever followed. TBO I think I was probably a bit of a fangirl.
Naturally I bought her Craftsy course, Sew Retro: The Starlet Suit Jacket, which for me resulted in a waste of fabric and a huge dent in my sewing confidence. As DF said there were major drafting issues with her course pattern and of course as a relatively new sewer/sewist/whatever, I didn’t have the knowledge or experience to realise that my failure wasn’t entirely down to my crap sewing!
I’ve also read very negative reviews of the actual patterns in her two extremely stylish books.
I am shocked that there were also drafting issues with her Butterick coat, (I seem to remember a very detailed sew along for this one on her blog???). I like Butterick as a pattern company and personally I’ve found their patterns to be well drafted, (can’t praise 6385 enough. Still can't quite believe that
I MADE a coat!!!). I am surprised they didn’t use their own pattern cutters for anything bearing their name.
I think for some people Gertie is almost Tilly with tattoos!