Variety
Andrie Designs, Little Moo, Noodlehead
Easiest to Follow
Andrie Designs, Emkie Designs, Noodlehead
Value
Andrie Designs, Emkie Designs, Noodlehead
Support
Andrie Designs, Little Moo, Mrs. H
Innovative Designs and Techniques
Betz White, Mrs. H, Noodlehead
A few "others" that came up consistently were: Bagstock, Moments, and ByAnnie.
What I took away from these results is that so many of us have different styles and preferences, and I'm grateful that we have so many great to designers to choose from.
- Full disclosure: some of you really weren't happy with me asking you to pick favourites, but I really never had the intention of making this a popularity contest. I think polls are fun, and thought it would be a neat way to highlight how awesome these designers are, and what makes each of them special. By breaking down into categories the hope was that it would encourage people to try someone new and find a new designer they love. We picked the designers that we featured because their work is already outstanding and we trust them and know that when you purchase a pattern from any one of them it will be well worth it.
- Tons of praise for Dog Under My Desk!
- Requests for: structured bags, less materials required, functional bags, losing "tacky" disclaimers about insisting you credit the designer and link back to them, more sales, pattern pieces (rather than listed dimensions), cutting charts, and consistency between designers for where seam allowance is placed in pattern, plus requests for free patterns to try out that designer's style (a "try before you buy" type of thing).
- Others mentioned that they stick with specific designers because they really enjoy the groups and how the designers collaborate with each other.
- Lots of you commented simply that you really enjoyed the poll and interviews; thank you for saying so!
Thank you again to each of the featured designers. You all took time out of your busy schedules to answer our questions. Thank you also to each of the designers for contributing patterns for the giveaway. Heather M. won the Happy Okapi prize pack of one pattern from each featured designer, and you'll have to head over to The Nosy Pepper to see won that prize pack.