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The fabric is yours when you purchase it. You may do with it what you will. This is not the same as the rights a designer of a pattern has which means you can't copy it and give it to anyone who asks. The designer of the fabric has given permission when he/she allows the sale to the public and it falls into the public domain.
BettyGee, quilter on a Rocky Mountain High
And the debate continues. Myself, I'm going to continue doing what I do until or unless I'm legally forced to stop. I'm not getting rich on the items I make. This whole thing started for me when I made a purse as a gift, people saw it and started asking me to make them one and it just went from there.
Cari
Oh my, I had no idea when I asked this question that it would be so confusing.I have no intention of stealing a design, I am only going to take fabric cut it to pieces & then sew it back together again with a different look. I am only one person & no I will not be "mass" producing quilts. In the end I still think the client should purchase the fabric & I will only charge for labor. This way we all should be safe. Thanks to everyone for their take on this.
And the debate goes on!
I'd like to see this resolved one way or the other. Not so much about "logo" fabric but using fabric at all.
There's a somewhat popular designer (who I'm not going to name) who made very public and very ugly threats about a photo of a finished item on the cover of a book that (horrors!) had some of her fabric in it which wasn't credited. I flat out won't buy any of her fabric.
Think of it this way: I made our DGD a log cabin quilt with over 140 different fabrics in light/dark pinks. What if someone wanted to put it on the cover of a book: since most of those fabrics were FQs, I don't have a clue who they came from.
Could one of those designers sue me for using a bit of her fabric without permission?
Ridiculous in my opinion.
I wish a really rich quiltmaker would be threatened with such a lawsuit and take it to court for a final opinion.
If life gives you lemons, make Limoncello!
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