Thanks for the info tabberone. Quite frankly, I would think the companies would WELCOME us making a # of quilts to sell... By putting out pics of our quilts on this forum or on Ebay or Etsy....we give inspiration to OTHER quilters. Thus, other quilters go out and purchase fabric and patterns and tools. If they tried to squelch or instinct (and maybe our need these days) to sell, then they're shooting themselves in the foot!
Just a sidenote: I found a pattern I like in Quilter's World...but due to their letter, I set it aside thinking that I didn't want to bother with their rules. Just went into Hancocks of Paducah and found the SAME pattern....FREE!!! Yeah, I'd toss any of these lawsuits out of the courtroom if I were a judge.