I believe she is talking about the contender gear. Most of those patterns are purchased for SoH in 2 moons or the alliance equiv.

Ive made a ton with jc. The perfect cuts of the uncommon gems have the same exact stats as the rares. I bought tons of uncommon gems for 1-5g each and cut them for perfects. It seems like you get a perfect cut every 5 or 6 cuts. This gives you a really low gem cost compared to the 2-300g per rare gem. Also, I've done well on meta gems, especially last tues when everyone was able to buy honor gear.