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B is a young college female with minimal previous sewing experience , but some cross stitch-embroidery experience(knew only the back stitch). B was making a plushie dog from a DIY kit purchased in Chinatown. The kit came with paper patterns, pieces of felt, stuffing thread and needle, no instructions, and labels written in Korean that she couldn't read.
Wanted to make plushie dog.
There were no instructions.
Labels were in Korean.
Images were not informative enough.
B cut out the paper patterns and felt pieces from the paper patterns, but had difficulty putting the pattern together after that point. She describes it as a "3D puzzle, but 2D", and that she had difficulty visualizing which pieces whent where and how they came together to form a dog. She eventually vaguely figured out what to attach where to form a dog shape, but not very well She "ended up attaching the neck at one point, so how the dog has a broken neck". Eventually she sewed everything together and stuffed the dog, only to realize AFTER sewing it all together that she needed to have turned everything inside out before stuffing so that the seams would be on the inside and therefore not visible.
She had difficulty doing the sewing, since she needed to realign the fabric and ended up twisting it a lot. She wishes the kit came with more pictures, and "more specific instructions" such as the flipping inside out and how to sew the head on.Was having difficulty visualizing the project. It was like a "puzzle" to solve
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