Originally Posted by quiltmom04
But another way to look at this - which I don't think anyone has mentioned - is not "am I going to get caught if I copy a pattern? " but "how would I feel if I spent a lot of time in designing a patten, and quilters looked at the pattern and said "I can save myself a couple bucks - I'll just do it myself." ? Just something to think about.
Thank you, thank you, thank you from a fledgling designer! The Golden Rule, how simple is that!! If help is needed in deciding what the right thing to do really is, check out this lesson plan for grades K-5.
http://www.goodcharacter.com/YCC/DoingRight.html (and please note that their terms of use, i.e. copyright policies, have been strictly followed :) )