What about on this site...does anyone here displaying their quilts in pictures mind if anyone else uses their design ideas? I certainly don't. Even if I were selling my designs - the patterns are on graph paper in my 3 ring binder and in my head - I would have no problem with someone else copying my quilt. However, I do know as an artist that I can not copy the work of another artist and sell it. I can however copy the work of another artist and hang it on my wall, stating that the orginaly work was by so and so on the back of the canvas without a problem.
If anyone out there likes my quilts and wants to copy them, go ahead; I consider it a compliment. There, now it is in writing. lol.