Originally Posted by TexasGurl
Originally Posted by bearisgray
There are some patterns and designs that appear to me to be truly original.
Where things get stuck in my craw is when someone takes old stand by blocks - like 9-patch, shoo-fly, variable star, rail fence - and then claims a copyright for the pattern.
That's what bothers me the MOST too - I don't care to sell quilts or enter a lot of shows - but I DO have a real problem with "quilt designers" making very repetitive quilts with nothing more than triangles, nine-patches, strips, stars or snowballs etc and claiming they are their ORIGINAL patterns & designs ???
Come on, these traditional blocks have been around for 150+ years ... in the public domain, to be used & enjoyed by ALL
Unless it is someone's hand-drawn, pictorial pattern or applique design, it's pretty silly to consider anything else an "original" design :roll:
You are so right. it seems to me they are stealing from the past and making us pay for it
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