Pattern Testing/ Linda Jo Release
Hey guys! This post is going to be a little different, It is going to be about my experience as both a pattern tester and a designer. Over the last year I really embraced the crafting community, mainly through Instagram, and it embraced me back. Through them I was able to find confidence in my skills and I made some great friends! So I should backtrack to when I was like ten scrolling around for patterns. First of all I was one of those people who would NEVER EVER pay for a pattern because I thought I could figure it out on my own, and I was you know... POOR. I thought that it was selfish for someone to charge for something that I could figure out by looking at the picture. I would search the internet for free pattern websites for hours (Thank heavens for Pinterest-- AM I RIGHT) and I would still end up free handing most of the time. It was not pretty, I made some odd things back then. Fast forward to last year when I was making spiders all Fall long. I got a quite a few requests...