ok, folks. time to move on from this topic. the member's question has been answered.
selling pages from magazines is legal.
buyer should double-check the descriptions.
if there's no mention that the patterns are pages from magazines, and you don't think you got your money's worth, then the most drastic appropriate action is a "not as described" mention in the ebay feedback.
this topic was not intended to provide opportunities for complaints about ebay or "the ebay buy/sell experience".