Originally Posted by JNCT14
OK - here is the dilemma. I am browsing on sites, reading this forum, looking at quilting magazines and I happen to see a quilt that is just SO pretty, I am dying to make it. I also notice that I can purchase a kit in order to make this wonderful quilt.
However, I am a pretty experienced quilter, I know the design, I calculate my own yardage, and I don't need directions. However - do I still have to buy the kit?
Now note that I would not sell the quilt after I make it. And I KNOW that we need to support quilt businesses so they can stay in business. But I wouldn't use the kit, so why am I paying for it?
Just because they sell a kit doesn't mean you HAVE to buy it. Almost all of the magazines I get now have kits for the quilts they show. But you can still make it however you want, and aren't obligated to buy the pattern. And if you see an ad for one that you can figure out yourself, I say go for it.