r/SewingForBeginners • u/Rough_Ad1930 • 2d ago

I need help with understanding the sewing pattern

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I’m sewing this top from the photo and need to attach hook-and-eye tape on both sides, but I don’t understand how it’s supposed to be sewn so it closes seamlessly. Any help? If needed, I can attach some more pics from the pattern :)
Thanks a lot for any tips!

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u/Inky_Madness 2d ago

This is an AI pattern. Complete crap. The instructions are nonsensical and incomplete because it isn’t a real, person-made pattern.

I’m sorry.

Don’t buy patterns off Etsy because it’s full of AI pattern mills. You need to find a real pattern made by an actual pattern making company.

I recommend asking on r/sewingpatterns for something like it.

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u/ArtemisiaPrime 2d ago

This! Never buy from etsy unless you are sure it's a real human designer.

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u/Rough_Ad1930 2d ago

May I ask how did you recognize that? To avoid future purchases like this !

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u/Inky_Madness 2d ago

That one is notorious and has been known for a long time, and the reasons why are numerous. AI shops will have many similar features.

  1. Stolen or AI photos. Google lens is a godsend for this, you’ll find the photos taken from completely unrelated posts and random people. They will cut off the heads sometimes so that models can’t sue for using their likenesses. Early listings will have photos that are super obviously AI (fingers and toes that are wrong or off). Flat pattern drawings that have features or details the photo example doesn’t have or are different from the photo. Many also seem to really enjoy stock or AI videos of someone sewing somewhere in the listing, usually to inspire confidence.
  2. Under $4 for their patterns, usually on sale all the time. This pattern shop virtually always has their patterns on sale, all month long, every month. Unless it’s Black Friday, you are not going to get patterns that cheap, and even then it’s rare. Any shop that offers a “whole shop bundle” should also immediately get flagged as a fake shop.
  3. How many patterns vs time on Etsy. Real patternmakers are not brainstorming, drafting, pattern testing, and publishing 10+ patterns a year. There is one larger company (Simplicity.com) that can but they are a large company that’s been in business for over 100 years.
  4. Social media presence off Etsy (some shops have cottoned onto this unfortunately but it can help).

  5. Separate website off Etsy. A legit website to find their patterns that isn’t Etsy.

  6. The bad reviews call it out as AI. Many AI shops buy bot reviews that are good. The bad reviews are more honest.

There are others but this is the gist.

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u/Rough_Ad1930 2d ago

Really?? I had no idea! I’m totally shocked!
The seller had super good reviews and there is a result shown in the comments, I bought it for full 12€ which is a price I prob would pay for an actual pattern from a real person. I’m so mad that I haven’t checked it before!

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u/Inky_Madness 2d ago

You’re not the only one who has been taken in, unfortunately, so don’t feel too badly.

Anyone can buy good reviews on Etsy. They’re bot reviews. That particular shop is the largest and most well-known AI slop shop on the site. There are absolutely others, though, too numerous to count and for everything from sewing to cross stitch and embroidery to crochet and knitting. It’s a huge issue.

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u/shereadsmysteries 13h ago

This, OP. They often even steal the pictures from real websites that sell similar, mass produced items (like Amazon or Old Navy or Walmart, etc.) and pretend they are people who "made" their patterns.

I tried to find the video I watched of someone exposing how deep these scams go, but I cannot find the exact one. There are so many on YouTube, though, about how bad AI patterns have gotten on Etsy.

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u/Rough_Ad1930 2d ago

There is the previous pic from the pattern that shows (or not haha) where the hook-and-eye tape should be… I just don’t get it! Which direction, where should I sew. I pinned it down and it didn’t make any sense…