I made these for my daughter - I love the fact that they come in different heights, makes life a bit easier! I did the short tulip hem in a light weight cotton and they are fantastic. I rarely follow instructions because I've been sewing for so long so I couldn't comment on them, but I did find the fit a little undergenerous for the back - I think next time I'll do a full seat adjustment and probably mash together sizes to have increased give in the elastic part of the waistband, but otherwise they were great. I'd really also appreciate a no seam allowance version contained within the layers as sewing is easier where I can use my own judgement for the allowances needed - I often find that US patterns include seam allowances which are over generous.
Other than that, it's a great pattern and one that I'll definitely make again - maybe next time as swim shorts?