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In the wardrobe / Re: Upcycled Tunic Dress
« on: January 09, 2023, 20:29:52 PM »Lovely. @datcat23 did you find the pattern was drafted ok? I have used 2 of her patterns and must say not overly impressed with the drafting, i did email her with details of the fault on the patterns and just got a snotty reply saying no one else had mentioned it.
I so heavily modified the pattern, that I caught some of the issues before getting too far. Thankfully I picked up before I made the first one, that the design just isn't suited for a big bust, so the FBA was the first thing to be done. The pockets as designed are freakishly big and gape badly. And really, I find the use of shirring on an adult dress a bit amateurish, and a cheats alternative to actually drafting to fit properly.
I am not surprised with getting a narky response. I tend to find thats the case with some indie designers. They spend so much time being surrounded by people telling them how wonderful they are, they they just can't comprehend that anything might be wrong with their product. Their designs are a passion project, so any criticism, even if its constructive, is taken very personally.